The use of digital identification and hybrid data exchange is becoming increasingly significant to unlock potential in our ever-changing world. Digital technology is growing rapidly, and it’s now possible to identify individuals with greater accuracy. This makes it easier for organizations to store and access data securely, while also offering enhanced security measures. There are a lot of areas in our daily life where a bridge is required to connect our online and physical identities-this is the Identity Gap crisis that we face. However, an area where a digital ID solution can impact it in a great way immediately is Air Travel.

Air travel can be an unnecessarily complicated and burdensome experience because of the disconnect between online and physical identities. To bridge this Identity Gap, Digital ID solutions can have a positive impact and make air travel smoother for passengers. Long lines can get eliminated as tickets get converted digitally. This eliminates the need to present different forms of physical IDs at the security screening as well as boarding gates, thereby axing down many airport bottlenecks.

How is Digital ID an Effective Solution at Airports?

Digital ID technologies provide an effective solution to the issue of the identity gap at airports.

  • With this system in place, travellers would opt for and create their Digital ID, where the face is used as a biometric identifier via a cloud platform.
  • Once stored on the personal device of the traveler, it can be used as an efficient and secure facial recognition system at every stage in the airport.
  • This enables quick identification without the need to give any physical documents.
  • It also enhances security due to more sophisticated and accurate computer vision capabilities.
  • To make sure that this process protects privacy, a hybrid approach using decentralised as well as centralised frameworks is ideal.

This type of biometric approach has greater efficiency, boosts security, and also protects privacy by combining identity frameworks. Under this arrangement, personal information such as passport details, nationality, and date of birth gets stored on the personal device of the traveler. This data isn’t provided to any external entities apart from within the app.

Meanwhile, all important details such as user image, passport expiry date as well as frequent flier number are kept at a central location. This location is accessible by airport/border control authorities when required for processing purposes. All data collected gets removed after departure to ensure maximum security throughout every stage of travel process.

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