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How long until you have to opt in to get an "optional" covid passport to go to the cinema, get on a train, or send your kids to school? (I booked my covid shot
by iso1631 5y ago
How long until you have to opt in to get an "optional" covid passport to go to the cinema, get on a train, or send your kids to school?
(I booked my covid shot the minute I became eligible, and I'm happy to have a stamp in my passport saying I've had them - I'm no antivaxer, but I can easily see the government using it as a way to acquire more power)
- dbbk 5y agoThat's not happening
- mikeodds 5y agoI realise this is a much longer discussion than this comment allows. It’s a lot easier to protest and stop a system being built that will be used for X but also allow Y, than allowing the system for X to be built and used and stop the feature switch for Y being turned on. I would have dismissed the original comment at one point, but when you have situations like this playing out I think it is fair to give it more thought: “Police stop people for covering their faces from facial recognition camera then fine man £90 after he protested (2019)” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-cameras-technology-london-trial-met-police-face-cover-man-fined-a8756936.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recogniti...
- dTal 5y agoWell, at least that particular excess was thoroughly nipped in the bud, albeit not by any deliberate means.