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And also forcing biometric data in ID cards: https://blog.hidglobal.com/2021/09/european-union-already-rolling-out-biometric-national-id-cards-travel-and-more

• pjerem 5y ago
  What’s wrong with the biometric data as long as it’s only inside the card and not stored elsewhere ? The only thing you can do is to be able to prove (or not) that it’s your ID. Or am I missing something ?
  • dane-pgp 5y ago
    How did the data get into the card? And how do you know it isn't stored elsewhere? It wouldn't be the first time a government failed to admit exactly what information it was keeping about its citizens, and how it was using it against their interests: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bulk-personal-datasets-how-mi5-gchq-mi6-have-spied-innocent-civilians-over-decade-1556013 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bulk-personal-datasets-how-mi5-gch...
    • chmod775 5y ago
      I don't think the UK is a good country to project from when it comes to matters of surveillance. They're quite on the extreme end.
• throwaway473825 5y ago
  The biometric data (fingerprints and facial images) are stored on a chip in the card. This is a pragmatic way of increasing security without enabling mass surveillance.
  • DoingIsLearning 5y ago
    > The biometric data (fingerprints and facial images) are stored on a chip in the card. Only on the card, genuinely asking? If I lose my citizen's card and ask for a new to be reissued is that information not retrieved from a central database for the 2nd card?