Biometric Passport

#1

Hey there,

How bad would it be to get one of these ?

It has got fingerprint and faceprint biometrics embedded in it, and I (hopefully) only need it once to visit a friend in the USA. I am based in the EU and can still renew my ID card without the chip in it (of course, no traveling with this ID card)

I guess there will be a time when either we shall have nothing to worry about anyway, or, more likely, when we shall still have things to worry about and no more chip-less ID card option.

What do you think ?

Thanks!

#2

… terrible, awful, dehumanizing, humiliating, brutalizing, demeaning, profaning, abhorrent, appalling, abominable, … just off the top of my head.

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#3

Wow that is a strong word don’t know why these would be so bad.

#4

If your passport has this symbol on its cover, it’s already a biometric passport. https://it.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-waiver-program/vwp5/

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#5

I guess because they have two clear biometric pieces of data they can use to track us. Think about the cameras that are to be seen far and near.

On the other hand, not sure whether or not they are as bad as true Digital IDs where the wallet can be attached to them in the future, alongside with health pass, CO2 footprint and whatnot.

#6

… I would imagine that technology exists to ping those chips and the ones that we carry around.

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#7

… for a starter those “chips” fundamentally restructure the relationship between the state and citizens. Chips allow for digital enforcement for a variety of situations.

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#8

Are the chips used at security checkpoints to check with your fingerprint/face to verify you are the person in I.D. and not an imposter?

That seems like definitely a benefit to being able to enhance security, but can understand why people wouldn’t want to give that kind of power to a government.

I got a new U.S. passport recently that doesn’t have a computer chip like that I’m aware of, but there is weird wavy text with my name overlaid in the portrait photo for some reason. Heavier plasticky card for the main I.D. page, then there is number with barcode they can scan.

One time I remember an airline accidentally printed the wrong ticket for someone else when I was checking in, but when I got to security checkpoint guard didn’t even notice the name on the ticket wasn’t my name on I.D., neither did I until the flight was about to board and I asked flight crew if that name on the ticket was supposed to be my name, lol.

They were able to print correct ticket for me but that was alarming security guard missed boarding pass was for someone else. Don’t know if mistakes like that happen often at airports, haven’t flown for a long time. That was just a domestic flight not international.