Passing through airport security with the touch of a finger
Airport terminals are often a maze of lines that choke check-in counters and kiosks, baggage drop-off areas, gates and security checkpoints. Finding solutions to line fatigue has become a priority for the TSA — and a business opportunity for others. A company called Clear is using fingerprints and iris scans to spare some passengers the first phase of the TSA’s security airport screening process — the document-verification checkpoint and its line. Clear says it can speed fliers through checkpoints while maintaining tight security. But the rollout process has been slow — Clear is available only in some terminals at 24 domestic airports — an earlier iteration of the company had a data security issue. <br/>
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Passing through airport security with the touch of a finger
Airport terminals are often a maze of lines that choke check-in counters and kiosks, baggage drop-off areas, gates and security checkpoints. Finding solutions to line fatigue has become a priority for the TSA — and a business opportunity for others. A company called Clear is using fingerprints and iris scans to spare some passengers the first phase of the TSA’s security airport screening process — the document-verification checkpoint and its line. Clear says it can speed fliers through checkpoints while maintaining tight security. But the rollout process has been slow — Clear is available only in some terminals at 24 domestic airports — an earlier iteration of the company had a data security issue. <br/>
