This seems like what I would have expected. Germany has an opt-in policy for these programs: I would have to go to the Bundespolizei (federal police) at an Air

This seems like what I would have expected. Germany has an opt-in policy for these programs: I would have to go to the Bundespolizei (federal police) at an Airport to declare that I am fine with regular data transfer of my police records. Only afterwards can I join these programs. Sorta double opt-in: opt-in in Germany, opt-in in the US. So I am surprised this is news as it is exactly what I am told the program is doing. It's also not like this is a search on social media and alike (something that could also happen and would be a huge privacy breach). Is the main issue here not the US but that other countries share this without better explanation / opt-in controls? And to be fair I hate that I would have to go to an Airport to kick this off. It's horrible UX but good privacy defaults.