London Airport Identity Scanning
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London Airport Identity Scanning
London's City Airport has installed a biometric security system that uses fingerprint scanners to manage access throughout the…
London's City Airport has installed a biometric security system that uses fingerprint scanners to manage access throughout the airport. This makes it the first airport to build such a system in Europe. The system scans a fingerprint and employs an extraction algorithm to locate a unique pattern of connections to identify the user. The system does not store the fingerprint, out of concern for privacy, and works in concert with photo identification.