Passport study reveals vulnerability in photo-ID security checks

Security systems based on photo identification could be significantly improved by selecting staff who have an aptitude for this very difficult visual task, a study of Australian passport officers suggests. The research found passport-issuing officers performed no better than average on a variety of face-matching tasks, despite their experience and training. They made large numbers of errors, although there were very large individual differences in accuracy.

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