Statistics say that the number of travelers around the world reached nearly 4 billion passengers annually. This number is expected to double in the next twenty years. On the other hand, we find that the ability of airports to absorb these huge numbers and check every small and large is very difficult, so what is the solution? It is imperative to find a solution that works on speed and ease of procedures in addition to security and maximum protection, and this can only be done through biometric gates "biometrics" or biometric authentications, and it is known that the fastest ones are currently the fingerprint or face recognition, as some call it. .

The idea of ​​a face print at airports is simply that when the facial characteristics are matched with the passport, you will be able to bypass all checkpoints from pier to cabin without having to display travel documents every time. It's a matching process known as Single Token Travel.


Apple isn't alone in betting that a face ID is the best method of identification. Most airports and airlines are studying the use of this technology and applying it to travelers.

Apple mentioned when launching the iPhone X, especially after the success of the face print: that one day will come and we will give up the fingerprint in favor of the face print. Airlines seem to favor this view.


British Airways is popularizing and expanding the experience of facial recognition as an alternative to boarding passes to the gate, and also says: This experience has so far saved a lot of time, allowing passengers to board the plane in almost half the time.

It also says:

Similar to the built-in fingerprint feature in smartphones - a reference to the iPhone X -, biometric e-Gates technology is used and high-resolution cameras allow customers to pass through when the face is recognized and matched with a passport, visa, or immigration photos.


Travelers in Orlando who traveled on British Airways from Los Angeles have praised this new biometric process that has been in place since November 2017. When using these gates at Los Angeles Airport for the first time, British Airways was able to complete the verification of 400 passengers in 22 Just a minute, less than half the time without using this technique.

The company is also working on testing the fingerprint feature in other places instead of the fingerprint. Such as the Immigration Office in Miami and JFK Airport in New York.


The system uses facial fingerprint technology to verify the customer’s identity and automatically link it to any records in the Customs and Border Protection “CBP” systems or the Bureau and Border Protection in the United States. Simply put, this technology means saving the time and effort that customers spend in long lines to pass and review documents or take fingerprints.

It is also wonderful that we hear that Dubai International Airport is looking to use this technology while there are American airlines such as Jet Blue and Delta that are working to impede such technology and do not want to apply it - we do not know why - according to what several sources said.


Spoofing is more difficult than phone

Of course, some may see that it is imprecise and proper to rely on a facial print, especially as there are videos to deceive them, such as a child who managed to unlock his mother's phone or twins. This is really true, but there are several things that make deception at airports more difficult, for example, Apple on the iPhone is restricted to placing a camera and sensor at a size less than a finger, while at the airport they can use a camera and sensor more even if they want to use it at a size as long as a person. This means high accuracy that is difficult to deceive, and also deceives the child and his mother, of course, at the airport. Imagine that the procedures for a 35-year-old woman travel and find a 12-year-old child, this will not pass, of course. In addition, the technology is now experimental, meaning that it is still developing for the future. If you combine the presence of fast optical surveillance + much larger sensors + development of technology, this makes it very difficult to deceive. Especially since it can be combined with other sensors that scan the skin for masks, for example.

What do you think of face recognition technology and its future? Can we trust it as a way to secure airports? Share your opinion in the comments

Sources:

9to5Mac | Independent

 

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