USA FINGERPRINTS
July 1st, 2004
Keith Nuthall
THE USA's Department of Homeland Security will in future favour fingerprints as the biometric of choice to incorporate into passports and other travel documents, having previously been lukewarm, preferring other images. The change followed a high-level security meeting with the European Union (EU), which wants to use digitally scanned fingerprints to control immigration, as suggested in a recently proposed technical regulation.
THE USA's Department of Homeland Security will in future favour fingerprints as the biometric of choice to incorporate into passports and other travel documents, having previously been lukewarm, preferring other images. The change followed a high-level security meeting with the European Union (EU), which wants to use digitally scanned fingerprints to control immigration, as suggested in a recently proposed technical regulation.
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