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Feb 29 08 2:06 PM

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The Australian government has high hopes for biometric identification to cope with increasing numbers of international travellers, but the rate of technological change is causing investment jitters, say government insiders.

Despite government enthusiasm for biometric technology, programs like Australian Customs Service's facial recognition system SmartGate, and the Department of immigration and Citizenship's (DIAC) initiatives, have been forced to move ahead cautiously.

Biometric technology has changed at such a rapid rate that government departments face no other choice but to work on backend systems in preparation for biometrics deployments, while waiting for the emerging technologies to marinated.

Hold still: a face rendered by facial recognition software


Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3