The Current18:59The appeal of — and alarm created by — biometrics use at airports
Your journey through the airport might one day look quite different as some airports and airlines roll out facial recognition technology across several systems, including check-in, and security and immigration clearances.
Aviation management expert John Gradek says the tech will “be as commonplace as the escalator or the moving sidewalks.”
While airlines and airports say facial recognition can make air travel — an often tedious experience — more efficient and seamless, privacy advocates argue the use of biometric data is fraught and open to abuse.
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But Gradek says society is