FED: Consider expanding biometric border security systems: audit

AAP General News (Australia)
02-26-2008
FED: Consider expanding biometric border security systems: audit

By David Crawshaw

CANBERRA, Feb 26 AAP - Australia should consider fingerprinting passport holders in
addition to using facial recognition technology to minimise identity fraud, a report has
recommended.

The previous government moved in 2005 to introduce facial recognition details on new
passports to improve border security.

But technological improvements since then have prompted other countries, such as the
US and UK, to introduce fingerprinting as another way of cross-matching travellers against
people on a movement …