Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Airside Mobile (LLC) is not the name of the iPhone app. That is the name of the "seller".
The iPhone App has been called "Mobile Passport - Officially authorized by the U.S. Customs & Border Prote....." or something like that for as long as I can recall having it on my devices, which is since this started.
Other airports will get it this year, so it won't just be ATL (as it has been so far).
Ah, my confusion, still, that's what the person told them - to search for Airside Mobile. How exactly does this work on iPhone with no NFC reader? I should download it to check it out even tho I don't plan to fly into ATL.
OMG, I just downloaded it to look. WHAT A CLUNKY APP, that could be implemented so much more cleanly. Especially on Android. On Android it COULD be:
1. Take a picture of the MRZ (to get the encryption keys)
2. Hold the phone against the passport (to read the chip and validate the passport, and download the photo to fill the photo need - with a real passport photo)
More secure and faster... ugh. Why the clunky that is this?