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Homeland Security

Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

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Tech Developments

Demonstration unit of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's veriScan camera system. Photo: Cal Biesecker

Houston Airport Introduces Biometric at International Boarding Gates George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has added facial comparison technology to two boarding gates and plans to add the technology to three more before the end of this month. Later this fall, the airport plans to deploy the technology to 15 gates in total. The camera technology captures a traveler’s facial image and then cross-checks it against a database maintained by Customs and Border Protection to make sure the person is…

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