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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by pinum on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:12PM (#14577952)
eGates at UK airports do programmatically allow entry based solely on a facial recognition match between the person standing at the gate and the file on their passport's chip. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by mseebach on Saturday June 17, 2017 @06:55PM (#14578088)
(+ run the passport through a gamut of watch lists and risk profiles)

The border agent, when handed an EU passport, does exactly the same (match the photo to the face) and nothing much more. What exactly is the problem with automating that?

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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by JetSpiegel on Saturday June 17, 2017 @09:52PM (#14578575)
A passport agent can't have virtually infinite recall of your pictures in a miriad of other unrelated locations.
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Re:Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French ... by dzhiurgis on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:16AM (#14578945)
Not sure about that. I certainly seen the guy in the booth looking at all those photos, at least in the early days gates were deployed.
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