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    The Australian Customs Service (ACS) has revealed a late-November start date for its biometric passport recognition pilot at Sydney Airport ahead of a likely nationwide rollout of the system.

  • Biometrics players to placate "gullible, wide-eyed" public

    Australia's biometrics players are poised to draft an industry-wide code of conduct amidst comments from the IT Security Council that a "gullible, wide-eyed public" does not trust existing privacy protection measures.

  • Biometrics: The body and soul of security

    In the wake of the World Trade Centre attacks in the US, biometrics vendors world-wide have been caught making all sorts of promises regarding the effectiveness of their particular solutions. ZDNet Australia investigates biometrics and its ramifications.

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  • Biometrics: Still searching for a pulse

    A few years ago, the uptake of biometric technology was considered a sure thing. But fast forward to present day and ZDNet Australia can reveal that companies are reluctant to use biometrics due to their negative stigma.

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