Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoPassport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars'archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkPassport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars'archive.phBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoNot for the states goals, no. But someday it’ll be very useful to have that searchable, facial-recognition database of passport holders, won’t it? Perhaps knowing what political opponents are up to? Locating people with dirt on you quickly?
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoBut the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don’t just hand them out and forget about it.
Not for the states goals, no. But someday it’ll be very useful to have that searchable, facial-recognition database of passport holders, won’t it? Perhaps knowing what political opponents are up to? Locating people with dirt on you quickly?
But the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don’t just hand them out and forget about it.