May 12th, 2005
Iris Scanning To Begin At Orlando International Airport
Maybe I’m paranoid, but would you put your eyeball in front of a scanner? All to get on a cheap Jet blue flight? Scary business.
“The Airport Access Control Pilot Program or AACPP is a first of its kind, according to the report. A person would be required to stand in front of a special mirror and have both eyes scanned. “It has to verify both irises, not just one iris,” Goersch. “Statistically it is very reliable. Iris scanners — the technology of iris scanning — is considered one of the most reliable biometric technologies.”‘ Source: Local6.com
degustibus says:
Nope. But then I wouldn’t get on an airplane either.
Not natural.
May 12th, 2005 at 8:15 am
Stephen says:
You are only issued one set of eyes. If anything can go wrong with that machine you would be out of luck. My vision is too important to let some idiot put it at risk. Who wants to sit in an airplane anyway? It’s like being packed in as tight as sardines in a can and being in a sauna in street clothes. PU.
May 12th, 2005 at 8:29 am
Alice says:
I just remember when CD players came out they woudl post warnings not to look at the laser or you would go blind. This is how I feel about this machine.
May 12th, 2005 at 8:54 am
Jason says:
Acually, at the moment, this is just a testing phase, and only on about 500 employees and vendors. Their goal, at least what they’re giving as one, is testing these systems in humid climates, along with outdoor use.
The test is only for a few months, then the TSA can jump in and take the system over if they want. As for passengers, that’s a different story.
Orlando is looking at making a type of “Known Traveler” program in the near future, in which frequent fliers can hand over even more of their personal info for quicker runs through the security lines….they claim that this system “could” be used in conjunction with this.
Personally, I agree with the above posters. Last thing I need is some scanner messing my eyes up. Plus, it’s bad enough what a person has to go through just to get on a flight….now I have to give them a retinal scan?
I’m just waiting for when they ban everything from flight…clothing included. “Here you go sir, this is your brown-paper shorts and shirt, leave what you’re wearing in this locker. Please go to your gate now.”
May 12th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
David says:
See http://www.schneier.com/ for discussion of why these “Known Traveler” programs (and most of these applications of biometrics) are completely useless, security-wise.
Yes, iris recognition is very reliable (if it can read your eyes properly, which it can’t with some folks, especially those with no eyes). But so what? Knowing someone is the same someone who flew last week, and has a passport in the name of Joe Shoebomber, doesn’t tell you squat about whether they have bad intentions.
Most of the 911 terrorists had valid documents, remember.
May 13th, 2005 at 1:04 am
Dan says:
I know these things are *not* suppose to work with a dismembered eye, but does the crazed lunatic who wants on that flight and just knifed you know that?
I’d rather they not use this level of biometrics to convince the system it’s me getting on. If I can identify me by something that I can make more of (i.e. saliva, urine, small skin sample, etc) then I won’t mind too much.
Of course the thought of having a line of toilets being the “gateway” to the airplane is kind of amusing…
May 13th, 2005 at 2:40 pm