Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Bundesdruckerei

  • Laws against morphing

    Laws against morphing

    The European Union wants to prevent the forgery of passport photos. Particularly parents pay for this. The German government has announced a new law for passports and identity cards. Photographs for their application shall only be taken under the supervision…

  • German Airports: Face recognition now also for children

    German Airports: Face recognition now also for children

    When crossing an EU external border, all travellers will soon have to provide biometric data. This leads to long waiting times and border controls are therefore becoming increasingly automated. This will first benefit people who have already stored facial images…

  • Border controls in Bavaria and Austria: Police to extract mobile phones

    Border controls in Bavaria and Austria: Police to extract mobile phones

    With the takeover of the sovereign border security, the Free State is also using new technology. The extraction of telephones is supposed to help in the detection of “smuggler networks”. Another application is “contactless identity verification”. The projects are perfecting…