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>It is understood the U.K. has ambitions to eventually require all travelers to submit fingerprint biometrics ahead of travel and is working on a scheme that wo
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>It is understood the U.K. has ambitions to eventually require all travelers to submit fingerprint biometrics ahead of travel and is working on a scheme that would see this submitted by smartphone.
Wait, can they even do that? Can the government make an app that can beam the fingerprints read from the fingerprint sensor phone back to them? AFAIK the biometric data is stored in the phone's secure enclave and can never leave it (barring any exploits).
- toxicFork 4y agoTechnically very easy. Legally? I dunno, maybe?
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoEasy how? AFAIK there's no API to read the biometric data from the secure enclave. The secure enclave will only validate if what the fingerprint sensor reads matches what it has stored internally for authentication.
- dogma1138 4y agoLegally very easy, technically not so much. The EU requires you to attend a meeting to submit biometric data when you initially register.
- dazc 4y agoI have no finger prints, worn away, I am far from unique. So, technically, I don't imagine it being that easy?
- toxicFork 4y agoThen you could encounter a "computer says no" situation
- switch007 4y agoI think those ambitions will be downgraded when reality hits.
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- 101008 4y agoSo if you don't own a smartphone to send the biometrics ahead of travel you can't go to the UK?
- tomxor 4y agoThis is already done in the visa process for countries such as China, and they do it the old fashioned way with paper and ink, then digitise it. This might also be how the UK end up doing it, if you don't have a smart phone with a fingerprint reader, or more likely because that will be harder to make work than they think.. Unlike China, it's possible to live in the UK without a smart phone (I do), last time I visited China it was basically impossible.