Just came through Heathrow Terminal 1 yesterday (March 7). In order to access the shopping area/lounge of the terminal, one had to submit to the mentioned fingerprint and photograph. The scary part was not the loss of privacy, but the fact THEY DONT CLEAN THE FINGERPRINT PAD! Yessiree, by touching that pad, I just shook hands with 10000 people from all over the globe, right in the middle of flu season
Just came through Heathrow Terminal 1 yesterday (March 7). In order to access the shopping area/lounge of the terminal, one had to submit to the mentioned fingerprint and photograph. The scary part was not the loss of privacy, but the fact THEY DONT CLEAN THE FINGERPRINT PAD! Yessiree, by touching that pad, I just shook hands with 10000 people from all over the globe, right in the middle of flu season