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Maybe I'm in the wrong here, but I imagine most civilised countries have a database with biometrics of all of its citizens, at least fingerprints.
by lmcm82 8y ago
Maybe I'm in the wrong here, but I imagine most civilised countries have a database with biometrics of all of its citizens, at least fingerprints.
- snaky 8y agoAnd not only of its citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport
- captn3m0 8y agoNot a lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_applying_biometrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_applying_biometrics There are restrictions on how vast this database is allowed to be and what all it can be linked to, in most cases.
- lmcm82 8y agoI live in Spain and they take your fingerprint when they make your ID card. I'm pretty sure that goes into a database, so they have the fingerprints of all citizens.
- robin_reala 8y agoSame in Sweden, but in the UK there’s no national database of citizens, and therefore no fingerprints associated.
- svs 8y agoBiometric collection is always for specific purpose. General purpose, compulsory biometric ids exist only in Malaysia IIRC.
- forapurpose 8y ago> Biometric collection is always for specific purpose. But if you add up all the specific purposes, most/all people are included.
- ajdlinux 8y agoIn the Anglosphere we've traditionally been quite wary of national ID databases for our own citizens, for better or worse. Most governments of foreign countries I have visited (US, many parts of Asia) have my fingerprints. The Australian government doesn't (to my knowledge, anyway).
- A2017U1 8y agoAny Australian with a driver's license or passport most definitely has their facial biometrics stored. Any visitor to the country also is subject to it. This has been in existence for over a decade and I'm astonished people aren't aware of that.
- ajdlinux 8y agoRight, I do know that (The Capability(tm)!) and for some reason I just mentally exclude facial recognition from the term "biometrics". OP specifically said "at least fingerprints" - it's good to have a reminder that facial biometrics still count as biometrics too, and they're lower on the hierarchy than fingerprints.
- A2017U1 8y agoFrom my experience going from clean shaven to a small beard can throw the whole system off and requires manual intervention rather than going through the automatic gates. Fingerprints surely would be more accurate. Have no idea whether foreigners have to give fingerprint scans at Australian customs, it's common practice throughout Asia.