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ATM Iris Recognition Coming Soon

Posted by michael on from the stare-into-the-light dept.

Anonymous Cow writes "In Australia, iris technology is already being used by Qantas Airlines, Sydney Airport, foreign embassies, some banks and TAFE colleges, the Australian Protective Services, the Defence Department and the Police Integrity Commission. It is predicted that within five years every ATM in Australia will have iris recognition technology."

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  1. Re:Iris DB by uk_greg · · Score: 5, Informative

    The financial institution, just like they do with your PIN these days.

    This isn't very different from fingerprint recognition. Chances of the iris changing are pretty slim.

    And if your recognition suddenly stops working for some reason, go to the bank and get rescanned for the master copy.

    Here's a (somewhat dated) story on CNN with more detail.

    CNN Story on iris recognition