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The title is misleading. The allegation is not that the UK authorities made a copy and gave it directly to the US authorities. The allegation is that the UK a
by Normal_gaussian 7y ago
The title is misleading.
The allegation is not that the UK authorities made a copy and gave it directly to the US authorities.
The allegation is that the UK authorities made copies for its own and its contractors use. These contractors include US companies- IBM is one example.
It really sounds like poor regard for security measures / lack of ownership and enforcement in the UK rather than anything malicious.
It is also noted that several other member states have similar issues.
It should also be noted - certain US authorities probably have or can get copies from various non-uk states and the UK. But that isn't what this incident is about.
- dangerface 7y ago> It really sounds like poor regard for security measures / lack of ownership and enforcement in the UK rather than anything malicious. The UK understand exactly how to do Passport security if they did it in a insecure way it was with malicious intent that gives them "plausible" deniability.
- notimetorelax 7y agoUK is not a single person, what one government body does may be very different from the other.
- jobigoud 7y agoThe title is also misleading in that it claims (unlike the linked tweet) that all EU citizens are impacted. In reality many EU citizens never had their fingerprints taken.