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Passport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars' (archive.ph)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago

But the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don't just hand them out and forget about it.