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Old Feb 8, 2026 | 10:26 pm
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TSA Biometric Gates

While traveling out of EWR Terminal C this afternoon, I spotted these new biometric gates after going through touchless ID at the PreCheck checkpoint. I did not spot these until after clearing the TDC and waiting to go through security theatre, though it appears there is a card reader, like the CAT machines, and a flat scanner for passports. I did watch a confused passenger place his ID into the card reader which then displayed his live photo, compared to his ID pic and a variety of green check marks (like you'd see on the CAT machines).

Has anybody seen these or used one at another airport? These appear to be different than those being installed at various CLEAR checkpoints.

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