Customs face-cam airport go-ahead.
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Customs face-cam airport go-ahead
Karen Dearne
June 20, 2006
THE $67 million Customs automated border processing system will begin operating next year with a single SmartGate Series 1 kiosk in each of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports.
The first operational unit will be installed at one of the three airports in February. SmartGate will perform customs and immigration checks using data contained in e-passports.
The system incorporates facial recognition technology, which matches a live image of the traveller against a digitised photo stored on a microchip embedded in the passport.
Is this change about increasing security or reducing the need for immigration staff?
Not sure what they are they are trying to achieve! There is nothing wrong with having immigration staff, they just need to employ someone that is able to efficiently roster staff for work when they are required the most.
Face recognition technology.... If it is anything like voice recognition technology then it may take a while for some people to clear immigration.
Not sure what they are they are trying to achieve! There is nothing wrong with having immigration staff, they just need to employ someone that is able to efficiently roster staff for work when they are required the most.
Face recognition technology.... If it is anything like voice recognition technology then it may take a while for some people to clear immigration.
Immigration staff, who are they? (note that I used to work for Immigration). Do you mean Customs staff?
Face recognition, just go to the USA or Thailand right now and you will have your answer.
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Re: Customs face-cam airport go-ahead
The trial worked pretty well for me. My access will end soon, so it'll be back to the queues unless I get a "digital" passport.
The original trial used around 3 photos of yourself taken at certain angles by a Customs officer.
I'm not sure how it works with the new digital passports. They only have one photo of you in the database. While Self correction and correlation can occur from several photos and attempts at access, the first couple of times could be tricky.
In fairness, this article was written three years ago.
Professor Clarke has an interesting view on life. I had him as a lecturer years ago. He was one of the main advocates against the Australia Card in the late 80s.
Mine also expires next year, how do we get a chipped one ?
I would like to give it a go and besides you can still use the normal lines as well i would presume.
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