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Biometrics From fans at the Superbowl having their faces scanned and matched against a database of criminals, to elementary school kids using thumb scans to purchase their lunches, biometric technology is rapidly becoming a part of our everyday lives. The primary role of biometrics is to identify an individual for law enforcement. Because of its many uses, it is difficult to establish an all-encompassing definition. The most accurate definition of biometrics is the automated use …

…there are several steps involved in airport security. First of all, everyone is required to have their id’s checked. After that you must walk through a metal detector and your luggage is sent through an X-ray machine, metal detector, and chemical snifters (Tyson 1). It would seem obvious that preventing a terrorist from boarding a plane would be in everyone’s best interests. If that is true; biometrics could play a huge role in this.