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More Campuses Are Scanning Students’ Eyeballs Instead Of IDs

Posted on August 1, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Kim Bellware reports:

Blink and you’ll miss dinner.

Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond is the latest institution to jump aboard the biometrics bandwagon. On Wednesday, the school announced it had added two iris cameras to the campus dining hall so that students can use their eyes instead of their ID for access.

“Students won’t need their ID to enter the dining center anymore,” Stephen Barr, VCU director of campus services, said in a statement Thursday. “With iris identification, it’s as simple as a camera taking a picture of their eyes and two seconds later they walk through.”

Read more on Huffington Post.

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