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USA: Leaked Document Reveals Upcoming Biometric Experiments at US Customs

23 March 2015

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"The facial recognition pilot program launched last week by US Customs and Border Protection, which civil liberties advocates say could lead to new potentially privacy-invading programs, is just the first of three biometric experiments that the feds are getting ready to launch."

See: Leaked Document Reveals Upcoming Biometric Experiments at US Customs (Motherboard, link)

The US has tried to use biometrics to track all people entering and leaving the country before, and failed. The EU is now attempting to do the same with its 'Smart Borders' project: Some of the failings of the US project are considered in this report for the EP

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