Ben Munster

Freelance journalist covering Italy and tech. He has written for The New Yorker, Esquire and Private Eye, and is the semi-regular author of the Zero Knowledge column at Decrypt, a crypto news site, as well as the Rome correspondent for European tech news site Sifted. He lives in Rome.

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Behind the camera: how biometric boarding is used in airports

Airlines are introducing biometric technology at gates to make traveling more seamless for customers deterred by onerous Covid requirements. Nevertheless, some concerns over privacy and the tech’s reliability still need to be addressed

03/2022 - By Ben Munster