Applications

Applications

The bulk of biometric applications to date are probably in areas that you will never hear of. This is because there are a very large number of relatively small security related applications undertaken by specialist security systems suppliers.
The applications that you will here of are those in the public domain. These include:
Prison visitor systems, where visitors to inmates are subject to verification procedures in order that identities may not be swapped during the visit.
Drivers licensees, whereby some authorities found that drivers (particularly truck drivers) had multiple licenses or swapped licenses among themselves when crossing state lines or national borders.
Voting systems, where eligible politicians are required to verify their identity during a voting process. This is intended to stop ‘proxy’ voting where the vote may not go as expected.
In addition there are numerous applications in gold and diamond mines.