Automatic Biometric Recognition at the Airport Raises Concerns
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Some
experts believe that a plan to rely on biometric recognition in order
to automate Australian airport border processing can raise privacy and
ethical concerns over data security, while others think that it won’t be
more concerning than current border control regimes. According to the
plan, 90% of passengers will be processed via Australian airport
immigration without human involvement.
It
became known that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection is
tendering for a company to develop an “automated processing solution”
to carry out the automated processing of passengers using biometric
identification, including but not limited to facial, iris and
fingerprints. The incoming air passengers to Australia are expected to
increase sharply in coming years, and therefore the Department wants to
move seamlessly through airports without compromising border security.
On the other hand, some experts believe that such technology has not been proven to ensure airport efficiency or better security. On the contrary, the plan poses a risk to individual privacy and raises ethical concerns. Apparently, recent threats to the security of the state-held data like the census failure could raise concerns about the storage of biometric data. On the other hand, airport passengers could have already been the subject of state surveillance and biometric testing, according to other experts. They say that airports are already among the most surveilled places, so the proposed plan is nothing new. What people should worry about is that the government may consider running live facial recognition against CCTV in public places with insufficient oversight. This will be a real problem, because the improved and highly automated facial recognition will become a massive privacy issue one day, though the technology makes sense in airports.
Tender documents reveal that the plan includes replacing the incoming passenger card, eliminating the need for physical tickets at border control, and allowing to travel using contactless technology, thus eliminating the need to present a passport. The same documentation describes plans to remove manual marshall points for triaging passengers and replace them with more automated processes.
It is known that the technology would be trialled at Canberra airport, followed by 9 Australian airports later.
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On the other hand, some experts believe that such technology has not been proven to ensure airport efficiency or better security. On the contrary, the plan poses a risk to individual privacy and raises ethical concerns. Apparently, recent threats to the security of the state-held data like the census failure could raise concerns about the storage of biometric data. On the other hand, airport passengers could have already been the subject of state surveillance and biometric testing, according to other experts. They say that airports are already among the most surveilled places, so the proposed plan is nothing new. What people should worry about is that the government may consider running live facial recognition against CCTV in public places with insufficient oversight. This will be a real problem, because the improved and highly automated facial recognition will become a massive privacy issue one day, though the technology makes sense in airports.
Tender documents reveal that the plan includes replacing the incoming passenger card, eliminating the need for physical tickets at border control, and allowing to travel using contactless technology, thus eliminating the need to present a passport. The same documentation describes plans to remove manual marshall points for triaging passengers and replace them with more automated processes.
It is known that the technology would be trialled at Canberra airport, followed by 9 Australian airports later.
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