16 May 2023
The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) is rolling out testing of its new facial recognition technology, aimed at reducing the time it takes for passengers to get through the security screening process.
It gave a demonstration of the tech to media at Baltimore-Washington Airport.
It is also being trailed at 15 other airports across the USA including Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Miami.
Travellers put their driver’s license into a slot or place their passport photo up against a scanner.
It is then read while a camera takes a shot of the face to compare.
It is just one of several biometric programs being used at airports.
These include similar Face IDs, fingerprint and retina scanning.
