And so it begins

[ciphergoth]

adjectivemarcus pointed out this news article to me:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1808000/1808187.stm

Heathrow Airport is to test a new hi-tech identity system which examines a passenger's eye, rather than their passport as they go through immigration control.

Heathrow is the first UK airport to carry out a large-scale trial of the iris recognition technology.

The aim is to speed up the movement of passengers through the terminal.

A total of 2,000 passengers who frequently fly from North America to Heathrow on Virgin and British Airways flights are taking part in the five-month trial.

I've written about this before: see

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11363679
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=11402972

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Comments

Re: Time to book that contact-lens evaluation then

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Not effective enough to pass yourself off as someone else, but effective enough to stop them identifying you without your consent...

Re: Time to book that contact-lens evaluation then

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Fine.. being me is complex enough, I don't need to impersonate anyone.