What Is A Digital Passport And How Is It Changing Travel?
Which Countries Don't Allow Dual Citizenship? http://bit.ly/2aRNJx9 Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The African Union released its first electronic passport and hopes to have them widely...
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In July 2016, the African Union unveiled its first electronic passport, or E-passport. If all goes according to plan, these passports will be available to all AU citizens by 2018. AU leaders hope that e-passports will open up trade and travel between African countries, so what exactly is an E-passport? Well, an e-passport, also called a biometric or digital passport, is embedded with a chip. On that chip is all the information on a passport’s personal data page, like the card holder’s name, physical appearance and date of birth. Some include other biometric data, like one’s photograph, fingerprint and even their iris pattern. Having this information digitized, rather than just printed, is designed to prevent identity fraud and protect the privacy of ...
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In July 2016, the African Union unveiled its first electronic passport, or E-passport. If all goes according to plan, these passports will be available to all AU citizens by 2018. AU leaders hope that e-passports will open up trade and travel between African countries, so what exactly is an E-passport? Well, an e-passport, also called a biometric or digital passport, is embedded with a chip. On that chip is all the information on a passport’s personal data page, like the card holder’s name, physical appearance and date of birth. Some include other biometric data, like one’s photograph, fingerprint and even their iris pattern. Having this information digitized, rather than just printed, is designed to prevent identity fraud and protect the privacy of ...
