Iris Scanners in Canadian Airports

Posted by Hemos on Thursday September 26, 2002 @08:28PM from the minority-report-where-are-you dept.

Ian_Bailey writes "The Toronto Star is reporting that the first biometrics (Iris-scanning specifically) devices in airport will be in place in Toronto and Vancouver starting in March. These devices are meant to speed-up the check-in process for frequent travellers, without compromising security. It is stressed that privacy advocates have nothing to worry about, because they are completely voluntary and cannot be used to scan without a person's knowledge, but there is a brief note about using it in the future for staff."

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Nope Schiphol Amsterdam Airport was the first by 1nhuman · 2002-09-26 20:36 · Score: 0, Redundant

Schiphol has been using iris-scanners for a couple of months now. Check it out: http://houns54.clearlake.ibm.com/solutions/travel/ trapub.nsf/detailcontacts/ibm_signs_agreement_with _schiphol_group

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