TSA rolls out biometric technology at Pittsburgh International

BOARDING PROCESS. TSA IS ROLLING OUT NEW BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT. FOR NOW, ONE WHEN FOLKS SHOW UP AT THE AIRPORT, THEY’LL HAVE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THESE CAMERAS AND GET A FACIAL RECOGNITION TO VALIDATE THEIR ID. FACIAL RECOGNITION IS THE NEWEST METHOD TO GAIN CLEARANCE FOR TSA SECURITY CHECKPOINTS. AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY TO VALIDATE THAT THE PERSON WHO HAS PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR SCREENING IS THE PERSON WHO SHOULD BE FLYING THAT DAY. IT ALSO MATCHES THEM WITH THEIR BOARDING PASS. ITS SECOND GENERATION OF CREDENTIAL AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGY, OR OR CAT TWO. TRAVELERS MUST STILL PRESENT A GOVERNMENT ID WITH CAT TWO THE SAME PROCEDURE THAT WAS USED WITH CAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. I’M GOING TO PUT IT IN HERE. IF YOU COULD LOOK UP AT MY CAMERA FOR ME. CAT TWO VERIFIES THAT THE ID IS VALID. IT ALSO CONFIRMS THE TRAVELER’S FLIGHT INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE NEW FEATURE IS THE BIOMETRIC CAMERA FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION. BASICALLY, IT’S TAKING A FACE PRINT OF YOU. SO THE BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY IS IT USES A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS ON YOUR FACE AND ABLE TO MATCH UP THE PHOTO OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF US WITH CAT ONE. TSA HAD TO MANUALLY MATCH THE PHOTO ID WITH THE PERSON TRAVELING. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING IT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF US IS THE PERSON ON THE ID, WHEREAS NOW THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY HERE WILL THE BIOMETRIC MATCHING WILL DO THAT FOR US. TSA SAYS THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT TO ALL OF THE MAJOR AIRPORTS AND THEY’RE INSTALLED AT ALL OF THE STATIONS HERE AT PITTSBURGH INTERN

TSA rolls out biometric technology to screen passengers through security checkpoint

Members of the Transportation Safety Administration introduced facial recognition with the second generation of Credential Authentication Technology for screening passengers in Pittsburgh International Airport’s checkpoint area.However, the new technology does not get people through any faster.Biometric technology allows the camera to scan faces to verify that the traveler is the same person in the photograph on a government-issued ID.With the previous version of CAT, TSA agents had to match a person to a photo manually, says TSA instructor, Patrick Hugar. “We were responsible for holding it up and making sure the person in front of us is on the ID, where as now, this new technology, the biometrics will do that for us,” he said.TSA security director Karen Keys-Turner called this technology “another way to validate that the person who has presented themselves for screening is the person who should be flying that day. It also matches them with their boarding pass.”TSA says CAT is now operating in all major airports in the United States.

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However, the new technology does not get people through any faster.

Biometric technology allows the camera to scan faces to verify that the traveler is the same person in the photograph on a government-issued ID.

With the previous version of CAT, TSA agents had to match a person to a photo manually, says TSA instructor, Patrick Hugar. “We were responsible for holding it up and making sure the person in front of us is on the ID, where as now, this new technology, the biometrics will do that for us,” he said.

TSA security director Karen Keys-Turner called this technology “another way to validate that the person who has presented themselves for screening is the person who should be flying that day. It also matches them with their boarding pass.”

TSA says CAT is now operating in all major airports in the United States.

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