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Look into my eyes! Big Joke aims to keep the criminals out of Thailand with iris technology

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Look into my eyes! Big Joke aims to keep the criminals out of Thailand with iris technology

 

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Thailand's chief of immigration has told the media that a system using iris recognition would be installed by the middle of next year. 

 

The Thai police have been looking at the latest technology from Finland and plan to have a private company install the system, reported Channel 7 news. 

 

Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn said that the system would be faster and more efficient than other methods of inspecting arrivals. 

 

He spoke of millions of people crossing Thailand's land borders using border passes.

 

Criminals were taking advantage of this to enter Thailand illegally and commit crime. 

 

Source: Channel 7

 
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beginning to visualise the one and only positive to ever having a glass eye!

 - to pop it out for the Immigration desk test!!   image.jpeg.c5ae62fe2a3af20a771ae04a82ff74f5.jpeg

 

 

 

and then... ah am outta here!!! 

Image result for spider eyes

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12 minutes ago, samjaidee said:

Since when has there been an international database of irises, large enough to be considered as a reliable tool for spotting criminals? 

There is not.

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Sharjah (in the UAE) has been using this tech since the early 2000s (or before). Oddly enough though, it wasn't being used in the other Emirates (at least not up until 2014). 

As mentioned, this will be pretty much useless unless it is connected to a master database. Not sure if Interpol (or anyone else) has that though. 

Before Thailand worries about such tech, it should do 2 things.
1) Get their own Immigration system working on the same page, following the same instructions in the same manner and having a National database available for every border crossing/point of entry.

2) Take note of which other countries (if any besides the Sharjah Emirate) are also using this tech and how well it is doing.

Otherwise they are going to end up with another GT200 Bomb Detector scandal (which was made worse by people defending the thing even after it was shown to be a total fraud).

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This technology could be used to authenticate Thai citizens. It could also be used for 1 year visa holders, especially retirees and foreigners married to Thais. When a person gets a 1 year visa, they usually need to report to immigration every 90 days, or leave the country and re-enter. Upon issuing the visa, or extension, take an iris scan. If the person leaves, enters or re-enters they use the iris scan lane, insert passport into machine, take iris scan, print receipt - done in 10 seconds, if no issues. Could also be used for 90 reports. It would save lots of time for millions of travelers and free-up lots IO staff for other activities. Just got to make sure the system is robust, reliable, and safe to eliminate down time.

 

It is a very smart idea!

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1 hour ago, Kerryd said:

Otherwise they are going to end up with another GT200 Bomb Detector scandal (which was made worse by people defending the thing even after it was shown to be a total fraud).

 

Don’t forget that the generals made money on the GT200....and that's all that matters.

 

They knew beforehand the GT200 was bogus, but bought the product anyway to earn their ‘commissions’. Even when the scandal resurfaced later, none of the generals were held responsible. They just hung sole blame on the scapegoat manager of AVIA Satcom Co. who they convicted of fraud. Fraud that should have been shared by all involved.

 

So this is a relatively standard and fairly simple scam that's proven to work…who can say they won’t do it again?

 

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47 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

This technology could be used to authenticate Thai citizens. It could also be used for 1 year visa holders, especially retirees and foreigners married to Thais. When a person gets a 1 year visa, they usually need to report to immigration every 90 days, or leave the country and re-enter. Upon issuing the visa, or extension, take an iris scan. If the person leaves, enters or re-enters they use the iris scan lane, insert passport into machine, take iris scan, print receipt - done in 10 seconds, if no issues. Could also be used for 90 reports. It would save lots of time for millions of travelers and free-up lots IO staff for other activities. Just got to make sure the system is robust, reliable, and safe to eliminate down time.

 

It is a very smart idea!

Why not just chip us all and have done with it.

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

He spoke of millions of people crossing Thailand's land borders using border passes.

 

Criminals were taking advantage of this to enter Thailand illegally and commit crime.

Ah, if only there were no pesky foreigners, there would be no crime in Thailand.

 

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Finger prints are used by USA and numerous other countries as bio-metric scans for immigration, criminal and other purposes. Unfortunately, the initial scan of 10 fingers takes about 2 - 5 minutes. Subsequent scans are faster and may require only a 1 finger or partial hand scan. USA has a database of billion+ people, including all foreigners who have visited or passed through USA in the last 10+ years!

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3 hours ago, Banana7 said:

Because chips can be removed and re-inserted. Tough to remove an eye ball and transplant it.

 

They all have failsafes from being removed.  Any attempt causes an  immediate self distruct explosion large enough to remove the arm.

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Will never see the light of day and if by some freak chance it does, it will be disbanded.

 

They literally can’t do anything. They can’t even handle paper correctly without putting copies of passports on the back of forms they give to new people. To say they are incompetent beyond belief is a kind understatement.

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If you want to get into Thailand it's 500b and a wee trip over the Mekong to nong khai.millions of tax payers money going down the drain as usual.give it a few days and they will all be out of order and everyone clueless how to maintain them.they can't even maintain a tsunami warning siren let alone this sort of technology.

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