Inside Clear’s ambitions to handle your identification past the airport
Clear Safe is probably the most seen biometric identification firm in the US. Finest identified for its line-jumping service in airports, it’s additionally popping up at sports activities arenas and stadiums everywhere in the nation. You too can use its identification verification platform to lease instruments at House Depot, put your profile in entrance of recruiters on LinkedIn, and, as of this month, confirm your identification as a rider on Uber.
And shortly sufficient, if Clear has its manner, it could even be in your favourite retailer, financial institution, and even physician’s workplace—or wherever else that you simply at present have to drag out a pockets (or wait in line).
Whereas the corporate has been constructing towards this sweeping imaginative and prescient for years, it now appears its time has lastly come. However as biometrics go mainstream, what—and who—bears the price? Learn the complete story.
—Eileen Guo
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