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

Tony Kennick, 06 April 2009

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