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And when they ask you to pop along for your biometric scans, don't, please, say "I have nothing to hide, so I have nothing to fear".
Plans for large-scale projects to incorporate biometric scans into passports, identity cards and visas are now under way in several countries (see article).
"We've been getting a lot of emails and phone calls from people who are irate their employers are subjecting them to biometric scans in the name of security," said Gus Hosein of the campaign group Privacy International.
Like others, it has poured effort into other types of authentication, namely biometric scans of your face or fingerprints — it introduced facial recognition unlocking for Windows PCs in 2015.
Gen. David H. Petraeus, reviewing these efforts when he took command in Iraq in 2007, ordered a surge of biometric scans across the war zone to match the increase in American troops.
Under guidelines established in September 2009, all army and police recruits must undergo criminal background checks, drug screening and biometric scans as part of an eight-step vetting process.
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Travellers in Australian airports could be forced to undergo invasive searches such as iris, thermal or biometric scanning without key privacy safeguards under proposed laws.
"You come in to get your photo taken and we're comparing it to the photo of you that we already have using a biometric scan," he said.
Various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have discussed biometric scanning, and many have even spent money on hand-held devices.
Mr. Hatfield said it would be similar to the Inspass program in that travelers would voluntarily sign up for a card, undergo a background check and possibly submit to some type of biometric scan to expedite the security screening process.
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