TSA begins testing fingerprint check-ins at two US airports

Now, if they can just get those RFID chips placed in the back of the neck....

Good idea as long as its quick..

Will not work, scanner are slow. I been a member of CLEAR, a private company does part of TSA Pre check work and they use fingerprints and retina scan. I have not have fingerprints due to my past work, so the retina Scan takes longer than an ID check and a boarding pass. I watch the fingerprints and it takes longer than the retina scan.

Only if it speeds up the lines otherwise screw this... KCM is nice but unfortunately not at every airport

Good times at DEN crazy place to work if you have SIDA at DEN they have your fingerprints. And probably your soul for the new world order lol jk

From what it looks like, this only bypasses the ID check, not the bag screening, so I don't see how this will speed up security. It actually looks slower than boarding pass scanning (which again is never where the bottleneck is), so I don't see boarding going any faster, either.

according to the article, this is a "test only" situation, and it applies only to those who have the registered "pre flight" check in..it states this process serves as an id check and a boarding pass check..how would this interphase with the boarding pass readers at each gate? this might expedite the security checkpoint, but then it would slow the boarding process at the gate or require two different types of reading machines and two employees to board,until and unless the system is approved,and becomes a requirement for all,not just some registered travelers....

Only if it speeds things up ... but it does look rather germy! Ewwww.

Goody. I once had a job where I was required to submit a fingerprint reading every day in order to get into the office, in addition to scanning my ID badge. More days than I care to remember (often 3/5 days of the week), I had to go to EVERY fingerprint reader in the building, and it still wouldn't read my fingerprint correctly and let me in. I was once told that it wouldn't work correctly if your hand was cold...and this was in Minnesota where we have six months of winter! There is a reason I don't use TouchID on my iPad, same reason. Since we're talking about a government operation here, I doubt very seriously that this will work any better than my office fingerprint scanner did.

What we really need is to privatize TSA and get the obnoxious employees out of our wallets and into a
Private system where they can be fired for their stupidity. As of now being Federal employees they
Practically can never be fired...Just look how our space flights are working without the government
Being involved. Done at a fraction of the cost.