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TSA to Include Face Recognition in Biometric Authentication Pilot Tests

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer plans to evolve planned pilot tests of fingerprint recognition technology at security checkpoints to eventually include facial recognition testing, an agency official says.Initially TSA’s Innovation Task Force will test contactless fingerprint readers at PreCheck trusted traveler lanes at airports in Atlanta and Denver to verify a traveler’s identity, which could potentially eliminate the need for the existing check of travel documents at the front of the security lane. Using the Biometric Authentication Technology…

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