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    Retina Scanning in the Wild: Iraq Edition

    By johnb, 5:05 PM on Thu Apr 6 2006, 378 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)


    The Iraqi Army (read "the U.S. Army") is registering all of their soldiers using a portable iris scanner which reduces the complexity of the retina eye into a 512-byte code. The system, called the Biometric Automated Toolset, has a false acceptance rate of 1 in 1.2 million and can enroll users without an attached PC.

    This system has also been used to identify prisoners and insurgency suspects.

    Retina scanning Iraqi recruits [MurdocOnline]

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