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Canada to test border ID system using blockchain, biometrics

Briefs | 01/29/2018 12:59 pm EST
The announcement about the Known Traveller Digital Identity prototype was made at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. / Image via World Economic Forum Flickr.

Canada and the Netherlands are teaming up to test a system for identifying travellers at country borders using biometrics, cryptography and blockchain technology.

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