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Whoever didn't see this coming had not lived in this world in the past few years.
by pmlnr 11y ago
Whoever didn't see this coming had not lived in this world in the past few years.
- nly 11y agoOn that note, as someone entering the US in a few days, I wonder how long it'll be before they take DNA at US borders. They already take retina, photos and fingerprints.
- Implicated 11y agoRetina scans through customs? I've never even _had_ a retina scan.
- schoen 11y agoI think in the U.S. it's just fingerprinting and a photograph, not a retina scan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Biometric_Identity_Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Biometric_Identity_M... (I'm not trying to minimize or legitimize this -- I find it very offensive and have planned my own travel to avoid visiting countries where I would be fingerprinted. I'm just pointing out that US-VISIT doesn't currently include a retina scan, at least not routinely at all ports of entry.)
- task_queue 11y agoOr at any point in history. If something has value, people with interest and power will seek it out.