Airport face scanners 'cannot tell the difference between Osama bin Laden and Winona Ryder'

Airport face scanners designed to verify travellers' identity against their passport photographs are working at such a low level that they would be unable to tell the difference between Osama bin Laden and the actress Winona Ryder, it has been claimed. In a leaked memo, an official says the machines have been recalibrated to an "unacceptable" level meaning travellers whose faces are shown to have only a 30 per cent likeness to their passport photographs can pass through.
Source: Telegraph Hat Tip: Phil

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