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Passport study reveals vulnerability in photo-ID security checks
"A pioneering study of Australian passport office staff by a team of psychologists from Aberdeen, York and Sydney, revealed a 15% error rate in matching the person to the passport photo they were displaying.
In real life this degree of inaccuracy would correspond to the admittance of several thousand travellers bearing fake passports."
"Because of this study, the Australian Passport Office now set face matching tests when recruiting staff and when selecting facial comparison experts.â€
Good argument for fingerprint-based document authentication.
"A pioneering study of Australian passport office staff by a team of psychologists from Aberdeen, York and Sydney, revealed a 15% error rate in matching the person to the passport photo they were displaying.
In real life this degree of inaccuracy would correspond to the admittance of several thousand travellers bearing fake passports."
"Because of this study, the Australian Passport Office now set face matching tests when recruiting staff and when selecting facial comparison experts.â€
Good argument for fingerprint-based document authentication.
