Shanghai airport launches China’s first security clearance system using facial recognition
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is China’s first to launch an automated security clearance system using facial recognition. Customers taking part in the test used an app to send three selfies and upload Finnair loyalty card information to the test system, before using a check-in desk with facial recognition technology. “Facial recognition is part of the larger megatrend of biometric recognition, and it will enable ‘hands-in-the-pockets’ travelling, where you no longer need any travel documents.” And this new technology works – in August 2018, it helped catch a man trying to enter the US using a passport belonging to someone else, according to US officials. “The officer utilised CBP’s new facial comparison biometric technology which confirmed the man was not a match to the passport he presented,” the CBP press release said.
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