Originally Posted by Bluelady
Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
For biometric passports, the computer scans your face from the photo and stores certain measurements in the chip in the passport.
Biometric? Haven't heard about that! What if I get a face lift?
Actually, that is a valid concern, although with finger printing etc it is not really an issue I suppose.
These is a very basic piece on biometric face mapping here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/h...l/nn2page1.stm I think it is a bit more complex than this though!