Border Force Introducing iPhones.

[drron]

"After trialling the Apple devices as portable biometric scanners at Brisbane international airport during 2017, the Department of Home Affairs has quietly finished deploying the smartphones to its frontline officers.


A spokesperson told iTnews the rollout at all international airports was completed in late 2018, allowing roaming officers to “quickly undertake biometric identity checks of non-citizen travellers”.

Border Force deploy iPhones for roving airport biometric checks

Confirms identity in less than 60 seconds.

www.itnews.com.au

So not going to affect those on Aussie passports.
But I was surprised at a couple of other facts mentioned in the article-
700000 on their Movement alert list.
And-
"One such project was the $99 million immigration risk system to detect risky visa applicants before they enter the country, which was paused last year in a bid to claw back savings.


The finished EBatB deployment sits in stark contrast to another major biometric project of the department's - the rollout of facial biometrics ready smartgates in the airport arrivals halls.


That project remains paused while the department reviews the trial of its new Vision-Box automated biometric border control solution."

 

[Melburnian1]

700000 is a lot but given world population of plus seven billion, it's a small but troubling percentage.

 

[OZDUCK]

It really doesn't seem that excessive a number to me. When I first used one of the predecessor 'hard copy' lists in the 1970's it was already about an old single volume telephone book in size - admittedly only single sided. Since then the international exchange of 'suspect' names has increased exponentially. And of course, many of the people on this list would have multiple aliases.