American border control tests Case for iPhone with iris scanner Bashny.Net

Stratus Case for iPhone - a device for biometric verification military grade on the go. It includes a fingerprint scanner, face detection and iris scanner. Dimensions gadget allows you to hold it with one hand and use the usual smartphone will save time for training police officers.

Iris scans can be a conventional method of identification - the system works in India, Mexico, Dubai and Iraq.





Developer AOptix cover positions as military-grade device for police, customs and security services. US Department of Defense is interested in the project because the company has issued a grant of $ 3 million.

This new standard of modern identification, it is easier to fingerprint and face recognition systems more stable. Only need to look at the camera with her eyes open. Unlike retina scanners, iris authentication with no need to hold the device against the face. It's just an infrared picture, which can be done at the other end of the room. Sound familiar? We saw it in "Minority Report". Placed around the camera recognize people's eyes to targeted advertising and search suspects.

Most of the security technology originally used by the military. The US Army in Iraq iris scanner used to control the population. The device in the photo called HIIDE - is the development of MorphoTrust. His need to keep both hands, it recognizes the human iris and automatically breaks on the basis of the suspects.

In Dubai airport system works by AOptix. You go through the first gate after scanning passports, and the second - after scanning the iris. Customs clearance time reduced from 49 minutes to 22 seconds. In the Indian state database contains information on the iris of the hundreds of millions of citizens, the same situation in Iraq. Everyone who regularly through customs in Dubai, subject to the same scrutiny.



The scenario is reminiscent of Orwell, especially in countries where already started working national ID-program. For example in India, where 350 million people have already gathered iris scans. This path followed by Mexico. Identification will fight against fraud and solve other problems, but raises some concerns among privacy advocates. But some privacy, you can tell if our every move can be traced at least in smartphone?

Source: geektimes.ru/post/247634/