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TSA To Include Facial Recognition In Biometric Authentication Pilot Tests

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

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TSA To Include Facial Recognition In Biometric Authentication Pilot Tests

Unidentified traveler submitting a fingerprint at a Customs and Border Protection workstation. Photo: CBP

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer plans to evolve planned pilot tests of fingerprint recognition technology at security checkpoints to eventually includes facial recognition testing, an agency official said on Wednesday.Initially TSA’s Innovation Task Force will test contactless fingerprints 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…

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