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TSA Expands Biometric Evaluation To Self-Service Identity Check

TSA Expands Biometric Evaluation To Self-Service Identity Check
The Transportation Security Administration is using IDEMIA's Credential Authentication Technology-Camera in a new self-service checkpoint application. The agency is seeking information for a new CAT system. Photo: TSA

The Transportation Security Administration has begun a second evaluation of a facial recognition-based system for authenticating a traveler’s identification document, this time allowing airline passengers to use the system themselves without the need for an agency officer to handle the driver’s license or other credential. The pilot at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport follows a successful evaluation in September 2019 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of the Credential Authentication Technology-Camera (CAT-C) system, which uses face recognition to match…

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