Fact Check: Biometrics haven't replaced passports in 40pc of US airportsScanning on luggage at Terminal 4 of JFK Airport in New York City. Not all US airports have replaced passports with biometrics. “In 2017, CBP demonstrated TVS at eight international airports at boarding gates using CBP officers to process each traveller,” explains the report in part. According to the DHS, more than 20 million travellers have been identified using facial recognition. This has happened in 10.7 million arriving flights, 3.4 million departing flights, 5.5 preclearance flights and 250 cruise ships.

Source: Standard Digital January 14, 2020 08:29 UTC