Probably from the airport scanners and cameras I see everyone gleefully sticking their faces in. A savings of several minutes per flight!

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close04 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Is this common? Airport scanners are usually face scanners. Iris scanners are almost always for employees with access to critical areas, not for travelers. I know Doha and Singapore airports use iris scanners at the security check. It's probably a growing trend, haven't seen any in the EU, is it already common in the US?

	▲	robocat 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Iris scanners are not hard to implement from a few meters in a controlled environment like immigration. I would assume Iris scanners are normal - but I couldn't find anything to corroborate that for immigration control in NZ (legally they can, and I thought the equipment did, but I couldn't verify).
	▲	joncrocks 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There used to be a scheme in the UK - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Recognition_Immigration_S...

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bakies 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The normal TSA pre-check lines make you scan your face too. They used to read "images are deleted after use" but I didn't notice that message last time I went through security. So likely it's being used by ICE now.

The customs line have been doing much more rigorous face scanning for a while now.

	▲	plagiarist 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		TSA allowed to opt-out of this photo the last time I flew. You may also opt-out of the body scan. Nobody does. I have a bridge to sell anyone who thinks those are deleted after use. I bet the airports are additionally recording gait using overhead cameras.