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The international travel continuum is a highly demanding environment in which the participating entities have goals which are sometimes in conflict. The traveler seeks the ability to plan trips in advance and to travel conveniently, minimizing line-ups and unforeseen problems. Service providers seek to make the most of specialized resources, maximize quality of service, intercept security threats, and enforce the controls appropriate for their zones of responsibility. This paper proposes a system to benefit the needs of these multiple stakeholders: the needs of the traveler for convenience, privacy and efficiency, and the needs of the service provider for security, reliability, and accountability. Today’s environment is characterized by paper documents, traditional biometric verification using facial and fingerprint images, and the manual processing of queues of passengers. Instead of this, we present a novel approach centered on fully electronic travel documents stored on the traveler’s phone, secured by cryptographic operations that utilize privacy-respecting biometric references. A prototype system has been developed and implemented, demonstrating the intended benefits for all stakeholders.
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Bissessar, D., Hezaveh, M., Alshammari, F., Adams, C. (2019). Mobile Travel Credentials. In: Zincir-Heywood, N., Bonfante, G., Debbabi, M., Garcia-Alfaro, J. (eds) Foundations and Practice of Security. FPS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11358. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18419-3_4
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