Dept. of Homeland Security To Test Iris Scanners

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 13, 2010 @09:43AM from the eye-for-an-eye dept.

SonicSpike writes "The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people's eyes in a database and is considered a quicker alternative to fingerprints. The department will run a two-week test in October of commercially sold iris scanners at a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, where they will be used on illegal immigrants, said Arun Vemury, program manager at the department's Science and Technology branch. 'The test will help us determine how viable this is for potential (department) use in the future,' Vemury said."

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Re:!worse by Smauler · 2010-09-13 10:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

GWB never tried to tell me that I must buy a product from a for-profit industry.....
Good luck buying oil from those who have not profited from the Iraq war. Wait... there are no large multinationals that profited from the war?
Also, the US is losing wetlands at a rate of thousands of acres _per year_, because of short sighted industrial practices. The BP oil spill has affected hundreds of acres of US land.