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ID cards are dead
Comment I is for Iris Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30 (again that's the government's estimate - critics put the cost much higher) for an ID card to go with... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Finn said that future security systems will rely on e-passports, ID or smart cards or visas that would contain both biometric data - such as fingerprints and iris scans - and biographical data, ranging from name and address to job and marital status. [21 Feb 2008]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000 passengers who volunteered to take part in the trial on Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. I is for Iris [20 Jun 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo The miSense trial at London's Heathrow Airport will use biometric fingerprint and iris scans to screen air passengers on selected Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. A digital facial image is also taken, along with... [06 Dec 2006]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. Heathrow is also taking part in the government's... [06 Dec 2006]
Biometric border checks come into force
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. New powers for UK immigration authorities to carry out biometric checks at borders have come into force. [01 Sep 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. The scans will be used to check passport applications against a database of known passport fraudsters. [24 Jul 2006]
Organised crime 'will attack ID cards database'
News If the ID cards database is breached, people could find their iris scans and fingerprints - as well as personal data and national insurance numbers - stolen. Yesterday it was reported in The Times that more than 300,000 foreigners are given... [17 May 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Biometrics offer false hope
Comment There is something quite offensive about being subjected to physical checks such as fingerprints and iris scans. There seems to be as much window dressing as there is clear thinking in the security arena. [03 May 2005]
Government denies passport fingerprinting plan
News But the Home Office insists no date has been set for this, or for any other potential additional biometrics such as iris scans. In its business plan, published last month, the UK Passport Service said that fingerprint scans are likely to be... [13 Apr 2005]
E-passports emerge on US horizon
News Saswato Das, a spokesman for Infineon Technologies, said that the chip, smaller than the width of a human hair and holding only 64K of memory, also has enough room to store biometric data, including digital fingerprints, photos and iris scans. [26 Oct 2004]
Biometric health and passport IDs head for Europe
News According to the proposal, fingerprints were preferred over iris scans because most EU countries already maintain extensive databases using fingerprint information, so that background checks on individuals would be a relatively simple process. [23 Oct 2003]
Biometrics unveiled for US-bound Brits
News The longer term goal will see passengers passing biometric tests - with applications such as facial recognition, iris scanning and fingerprint reading set to play a role in the future of passport control. [07 May 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Who am I?
Comment Who knows whether a similar result can be achieved for iris scans using a special contact lens or some such device? Signatures are easily forged to an adequate standard to bypass most checks. Again, the checks are often cursory and easily fooled... [22 Apr 2003]
