March 21, 2015 at 19:50American border control tests iPhone case with iris scanner
The Stratus iPhone Case is a military-grade biometric verification device on the go. It includes a fingerprint scanner, face recognition systems and an iris scanner. The dimensions of the gadget allow you to hold it with one hand, and the use of a familiar smartphone will save time on police training.
Scanning the iris can be a common method of identifying a person - systems work in India, Mexico, Dubai and Iraq.
The developer AOptix positions the case as a military-level device for police, customs and security services. The U.S. Department of Defense is interested in the project, because it gave the company a grant of $ 3 million.
This is a new standard in modern identification; it is simpler than fingerprints and more stable than facial recognition systems. You only need to look at the camera with your eyes open. Unlike retinal scanners, when identifying by iris, you do not need to bring your face close to the device. This is just an infrared photograph that can be taken from the other end of the room. Sounds familiar? We saw this in the “Minority Opinion”. Arranged everywhere, cameras recognized people by their eyes to target ads and search for suspects.
Most security technologies are initially used by the military. The US Army in Iraq used an iris scanner to monitor the country's inhabitants. The device in the photo is called HIIDE - this is the development of MorphoTrust. It must be held with two hands, it recognizes a person by the iris and automatically breaks through the base of suspects.
Dubai Airport operates a system from AOptix. You pass the first gate after scanning the passport, and the second after scanning the iris. Customs clearance time was reduced from 49 minutes to 22 seconds. The Indian state database contains information on the iris of hundreds of millions of citizens, the same situation in Iraq. Everyone who regularly passes customs in Dubai is subject to the same verification.
The script resembles Orwell, especially in countries where national ID programs have already begun to work. For example, in India, where 350 million people have already collected iris scans. This path follows Mexico. Identification will help fight fraud and solve other problems, but it raises some concerns among privacy advocates. But what kind of privacy can we say if each of our steps can be tracked at least on a smartphone?
Scanning the iris can be a common method of identifying a person - systems work in India, Mexico, Dubai and Iraq.
The developer AOptix positions the case as a military-level device for police, customs and security services. The U.S. Department of Defense is interested in the project, because it gave the company a grant of $ 3 million.
This is a new standard in modern identification; it is simpler than fingerprints and more stable than facial recognition systems. You only need to look at the camera with your eyes open. Unlike retinal scanners, when identifying by iris, you do not need to bring your face close to the device. This is just an infrared photograph that can be taken from the other end of the room. Sounds familiar? We saw this in the “Minority Opinion”. Arranged everywhere, cameras recognized people by their eyes to target ads and search for suspects.
Most security technologies are initially used by the military. The US Army in Iraq used an iris scanner to monitor the country's inhabitants. The device in the photo is called HIIDE - this is the development of MorphoTrust. It must be held with two hands, it recognizes a person by the iris and automatically breaks through the base of suspects.
Dubai Airport operates a system from AOptix. You pass the first gate after scanning the passport, and the second after scanning the iris. Customs clearance time was reduced from 49 minutes to 22 seconds. The Indian state database contains information on the iris of hundreds of millions of citizens, the same situation in Iraq. Everyone who regularly passes customs in Dubai is subject to the same verification.
The script resembles Orwell, especially in countries where national ID programs have already begun to work. For example, in India, where 350 million people have already collected iris scans. This path follows Mexico. Identification will help fight fraud and solve other problems, but it raises some concerns among privacy advocates. But what kind of privacy can we say if each of our steps can be tracked at least on a smartphone?