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If GP is correct, I would think that the point is not to detect departures by people who have overstayed but to more reliably detect all departures, so we can m
by pdabbadabba 10y ago
If GP is correct, I would think that the point is not to detect departures by people who have overstayed but to more reliably detect all departures, so we can more accurately figure out who has not departed, but should have.
- tsaoutourpants 10y agoBut that's just silly, given that you can easily leave the country by walking across the border. Even if they implement this for every international plane departure, the data will still be massively incomplete.
- cpncrunch 10y ago>you can easily leave the country by walking across the border which is of course illegal...
- a3n 10y agoWalk up to the checkpoint, do the security thing, and keep walking. Easy peasy.
- cpncrunch 10y agoOf course, but the parent comment didn't say that. If they're going to implement this, obviously they're going to implement it at every border crossing for it to be of any use whatsoever...
- a3n 10y agoThe parent comment also didn't not say that. You could as easily say, being exactly non-specific as that comment, that it's illegal to fly across the border. Because it is, if you don't go through procedures on both ends.
- tsaoutourpants 10y agoI don't know where you got the idea that it is illegal to leave the country on foot, but you are mistaken.
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- waterphone 10y agoThere are vehicle and foot ports of entry all along the border, where legal passage between countries can be done.
- pdabbadabba 10y agoDon't get me wrong: I don't support this. But I believe the fact that "you can easily leave the country by walking across the border" is also something the current administration would like to "correct." I can imagine this technology being installed at land crossings as well.
- rhizome 10y agoAssuming the facial recognition actually works. My base assumption is that this is a make-work for someone's friend, a contract that is continuous rather than for the Super Bowl or other single event.
- M_Grey 10y agoDefinitely it's the more likely assumption that simple cronyism is at play rather the unfolding plot of a dystopian novel. I'm not sure that it's the safe assumption though.
- rhizome 10y agoI've been thinking: you know what would be a beneficial use of image recognition? Trash dumps. Find out what brands aren't recycled when they should be, and penalize them.
- M_Grey 10y agoIn a society that would function to minimize waste rather than maximize it as a route to increased consumption, that would be a brilliant way to enforce sanity.
- fictioncircle 10y ago> If GP is correct, I would think that the point is not to detect departures by people who have overstayed but to more reliably detect all departures, so we can more accurately figure out who has not departed, but should have. You don't need facial recognition for that, just passport data and passenger manifests. People who didn't break the law aren't going to be evading detection when they buy an airline ticket out of the country. https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94-instructions https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94-instr... > CBP now gathers travelers’ arrival/departure information automatically from their electronic travel records. Because advance information is only transmitted for air and sea travelers, CBP will still issue a paper form I-94 at land border ports of entry.