• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    5 days ago

    My government already has my biometric data and im not shocked or upset that they do. I fully expect my government to keep a record of all its citizens.

    When i travel i dont mind other countries verifying my identity and my preference is for it be digital and fast.

    I dont expect my privacy to include hiding who i am from my own government and a foreign government when im traveling to their country thats absurd.

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      3 days ago

      I fully expect my government to keep a record of all its citizens.

      they don’t reasonably need biometric data to keep a record. they do need it, that’s not what I dispute, but not reasonably.

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        3 days ago

        If you needed to do an automated check of a persons identity doesnt it make sense to do an id check + biometric check? Thats what happens at the traditional airport gates except its a person looking at your passport and looking at your face.

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          1 day ago

          exactly, it does not need to be automated, and then less info is required.

          Automation in these areas often increases the amount of collected information by a lot.

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            1 day ago

            Have you ever traveled internationally? They know who you are. You are not anonymously entering another country through an international airport. Whether its going through an automated check in process or going through a manual one they know who you are and they have a record of what you look like, fingerprint, name, passport number credit card and probably other stuff im forgetting.

            What are you actually preserving by avoiding having your face scanned? This is such a weird privacy take.