Posts from ‘December, 2009’

The FBI is searching driver license databases using facial recognition technology, according to an Associated Press news report.
In North Carolina the technology was used to catch a double-murder suspect. The FBI learned the suspect was in North Carolina, took a 1991 booking photo and then compared it with 30 million photos stored by the motor [...]

Canada, Britain and Australia announced a plan to share traveler fingerprint data to stop immigration fraud. The U.S. and New Zealand are expected to join the initiative soon, according to a report in the Ottawa Citizen.
The agreement enables countries to check each other’s fingerprint databases, but doesn’t give them unrestricted access. The measure aims to [...]

A new program developed by Australia and New Zealand’s governments for travelers between the two countries will allow citizens with electronic passports to bypass baggage screening lines, according to a Stuff.co.nz article.
A user of the program must simply scan their biometric chip embedded in their electronic passport at security kiosks and they will be cleared [...]

Research In Motion has announced a new model of its BlackBerry Smart Card Reader that makes it easy for organizations to implement multi-factor authentication for computers, Blackberry smart phones and public key infrastructure applications. The lightweight, wearable, ISO 7816 compliant card reader enables proximity controlled access to a user’s smart phone and computer.
The reader uses [...]