Australia's new facial verification system goes live

By Allie Coyne on Nov 16, 2016 9:28AM

AFP, DFAT can check images against Immigration records.

Australia's federal police and foreign affairs department are now able to match a person's facial image against records held by Immigration after the government sent the first phase of its new face verification service live. Last year the federal government handed over $18.5 million&nb...

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