The technology is so precise, Atick says, that it can't be fooled by disguises such as wigs or fake beards.

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Dr Atick, a proponent of face-recognition systems, has also welcomed the first prototype mobile phones and personal organisers with tiny built-in cameras.

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Atick claims Visionics' face recognition system could have caught the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- before they committed the acts.

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