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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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[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 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.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 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

Perhaps more passport control instead of more invasiveness?

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, I agree

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

you know, half an hour is really not that much. I would easily choose that