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U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports

Posted by timothy on from the fingers-bitte dept.

lemist writes "Cross Match has rolled out digital fingerprinting at major airports in the United States according to MSNBC. It's designed to increase border security. They appear to be using Cross Match's Verifier 300 LC. Note that the actual capture of the fingerprint requires no interaction with the device. It determines when the image quality is excellent and grabs it."

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  1. Re:28 countries exempt by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "You mean it gets funnier with age? "

    Heh.

    When my plane to Australia was landing, somebody (embarrasingly for me, it was an American) pointed towards the runway and said "Look! I think can see a bunch of kangaroos hoppin around!"

    I participated in the mumbling over by my end of the plane about the 'ignorant American'.

    --
    "Derp de derp."