And so it begins

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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

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It may only be a few "goats" and protesters who have to do things the slow way.

Who of course, will receive equally rapid and courteous treatment as a respect of their right to choose, and won't be subjected to any extra delays or searches.
No, really.