If both the face and voice match up, customers can make their transaction. Diebold believes the system is at least as secure as today's card and personal identification number. The face-recognition software from Visionics is being tested in everything from computer access to international border crossings. At one border crossing with Mexico, for example, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is already using Visionics's FaceIt system. The system automatically allows quick reentry for commuters who work in Mexico but live in the United States.
All drivers have to do is make sure the video camera sees their face.
A Malaysian company is using FaceIt technology to create an airport security system that tracks passengers' baggage with an image of their face. Only when passengers actually enter the plane will the system allow their baggage to be loaded. The idea is to keep terrorists from checking bags in and not boarding the flight. Hooked to a camera-equipped computer, FaceIt scans the video picture for faces. If it then sees a face with the same building blocks put together in the same pattern, it approves the individual and gives access to whatever device it's guarding.