Iris-based biometric technology has been rolled out to the last airport in the UK government's program to tighten immigration security.
A government project to use passenger and intelligence databases to track and screen travellers entering and leaving the UK is set to begin trials by the end of the year.
The Australian Customs Service is preparing its first live trials of machine-readable biometric passports, however it has been revealed that immigration authorities will only be able to extend the technology to passports issued after 1998.
A new technology being tested by EyeTicket and the International Air Transport Association takes a digital camera and captures images of a passenger's eyes.
Combating identity fraud, protecting the nation's borders and tsunami warning systems were among the areas heavily funded in last night's federal budget.
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."
Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
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