How's this for "wow, cool", and "wow, creepy" at the same time?
Tech to do this is available worldwide. Every airport has a scan of your passport, knows what plane you need to board and where it is, no extra capabilities would need to be deployed. But, imagine the uproar if a kiosk like this went up somewhere in the West.
How long do you think before we all get used to stuff like this? You can be sure it is coming, just a matter of time.