Biometric Security in UK Airports

A question about : Biometric Security in UK Airports

Hi

Im just doing my final year project on Biometric Security in UK Airports. Please can you help by filling out a short survey. The opinion you provide will use be used for a uni course work, and that is it. No signing in is required.

Today we are seeing more and more of our human rights being taken away from us. But when it comes to biometrics security in aiports, do you think it is a necessary or inflicting human rights. Some people believe the implementation of biometrics system in the airport is really to gather personal information which could be used a crossed the government to implement something more sinister, ie George Orwell 1984 new world order/ totalitarian / Police stateetc... It would be good to see from a general public, your point of view on this subject for my report. Please can you go the below link and fill in my survey and tell me what you think.

Thank you so much for your time.

Tony

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• I can't see an issue with it personally. I do wish more airlines and airports would operate passenger profiling like El Al and Ben Gurion but guess that would have the sensitive and paranoid brigade up in arms.
  Seems to work out well for them.
• I've personally no problem with the scanners or what ever any government agency may or may not be gathering info on me...
  This Human Rights carp is stoked by trouble makers and forget we also have a human right to safety and IF these scanners were be used for such well in my opinion all the better.
• I have no problem with this type of security however as mentioned already the more sensible option is for better focused and directed security looking at high risk flights and passengers. It is simply not the case that every flight and every passenger poses the same level of risk so why do we all get treated the same?
• Human Rights. Last refuge of criminals and ne'er do wells.
• If passengers and their luggage are properly screened for dangerous items (a bottle of water is not dangerous, and something is not right when a 101ml aerosol is unsafe but a 99ml one is safe), then it does not matter AT ALL who is travelling.
  It is valid to use biometrics at airports for the purposes of immigration, but this has not the slightest bit of relevance to security (of flights). It is potentially relevant to security in general as obviously we don't want a known criminal to enter the country under a false ID, if the law says he should not be granted entry - but this does not apply to airports in particular - it applies to all ports of entry including train, ferry, car and swimming.