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Passport-less clearance fully available at Changi Airport, average clearance time of 10 seconds: ICA (www.straitstimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

At the moment it sounds optional, so that’s a plus.

Also:

The previous average clearance time for each traveller was 25 seconds, said ICA.

So, 15s saved per person. Which is handy, but 25 seconds fits squarely in the “blazing fast” category anyway.

Bet the people will spend more than 15s per person dealing with the ramifications of their biometric data getting leaked and used against them later though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Agreed with the privacy concerns but

So, 15s saved per person. Which is handy, but 25 seconds fits squarely in the “blazing fast” category anyway.

This is huge when there are five 787s worth of people in line for ten passport control machines, it's the difference between waiting half an hour in line or five minutes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is huge when there are five 787s worth of people in line for ten passport control machines