Post by Owen on May 6, 2023 1:36:11 GMT
1 ~~~ TSA Is Using Facial Recognition to Make Checkpoints Faster This Summer
Instead of handing over their boarding pass, passengers will scan their faces and their own IDs.
This summer, TSA is adding another piece of technology in an attempt to make crowded airport security checkpoints even more seamless.
The new equipment, which is already rolling out to airports, is an updated ID scanner fitted with a biometric camera that uses facial recognition to verify passengers’ identities. The new machines match travelers’ facial scans to the photos on their driver’s license or passport and verifies that they’re a ticketed airline passenger.
But what really makes the process easy is that the machines are self-service: Travelers need to simply insert their ID into the machine and look at the camera. After their identity is validated, they can proceed to the security checkpoint. The security officer has final approval, but when the system works correctly, there’s little to no interaction with the TSA agent at the podium. The few moments saved for each passenger are sure to add up to smoother operations at airports overwhelmed with travelers this summer season. (TSA Administrator David Pekoske is already predicting that the number of travelers this summer will be “comfortably above” pre-pandemic figures.)
www.cntraveler.com/story/tsa-facial-recognition-scans-airport-security?
28 April 2023
Instead of handing over their boarding pass, passengers will scan their faces and their own IDs.
This summer, TSA is adding another piece of technology in an attempt to make crowded airport security checkpoints even more seamless.
The new equipment, which is already rolling out to airports, is an updated ID scanner fitted with a biometric camera that uses facial recognition to verify passengers’ identities. The new machines match travelers’ facial scans to the photos on their driver’s license or passport and verifies that they’re a ticketed airline passenger.
But what really makes the process easy is that the machines are self-service: Travelers need to simply insert their ID into the machine and look at the camera. After their identity is validated, they can proceed to the security checkpoint. The security officer has final approval, but when the system works correctly, there’s little to no interaction with the TSA agent at the podium. The few moments saved for each passenger are sure to add up to smoother operations at airports overwhelmed with travelers this summer season. (TSA Administrator David Pekoske is already predicting that the number of travelers this summer will be “comfortably above” pre-pandemic figures.)
www.cntraveler.com/story/tsa-facial-recognition-scans-airport-security?
28 April 2023