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Do you still get fingerprinted under the visa-free transit policy for foreigners? I can accept a facial scan, but I draw the line at fingerprints and more inva

Do you still get fingerprinted under the visa-free transit policy for foreigners? I can accept a facial scan, but I draw the line at fingerprints and more invasive biometrics.

drake99 1y ago
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03944/alien-registration-form-and-evidence-of-registration https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03...
jama211 1y ago
Weird hill to die on imo but even Japan does fingerprints, it’s not that weird
CamperBob2 1y ago
Seriously? After the OPM hack, you're objecting to being fingerprinted for a visa? They already have everything on us, and I mean everything.
netsharc 1y ago
I went to China in 2019, and they scanned my iris... yeah... At an airport, there was a sign that said "Stand in front of the camera and we'll tell you the way to your gate.". It scanned my face, and on the screen it showed me my name (I guess to make sure it's the correct person), my gate, and how to walk there. I never consented to this commercial use...
- vessenes 1y ago
  That's almost certainly available in a public database in China, FYI. I got to speak at a cool event in Shenzhen in 2019 and the gates automatically face (and maybe iris?) recognized for entry -- I never 'got scanned' consciously, but they worked great first try.
- jama211 1y ago
  I mean, you’re in a public place, I don’t know any airport in the world that isn’t full of cameras recording you the whole time
  - netsharc 1y ago
    As far as I know, face-recognition tech is illegal in law-abiding countries. Although it's probably mostly a legal impediment, I can imagine if the authorities spotted an event and need to track a suspect, they can put all the footage into a system and it will return a sequence of videos/angles in which the suspect was seen.
    - jama211 1y ago
      I live in Australia and it’s legal here. Even if it wasn’t, wouldn’t stop much.
lmm 1y ago
You mean like what the US does? Yeah, crazy.

Do you still get fingerprinted under the visa-free transit policy for foreigners? I can accept a facial scan, but I draw the line at fingerprints and more invasive biometrics.

drake99 1y ago

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03944/alien-registration-form-and-evidence-of-registration https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03...

jama211 1y ago

Weird hill to die on imo but even Japan does fingerprints, it’s not that weird

CamperBob2 1y ago

Seriously? After the OPM hack, you're objecting to being fingerprinted for a visa? They already have everything on us, and I mean everything.

netsharc 1y ago

I went to China in 2019, and they scanned my iris... yeah... At an airport, there was a sign that said "Stand in front of the camera and we'll tell you the way to your gate.". It scanned my face, and on the screen it showed me my name (I guess to make sure it's the correct person), my gate, and how to walk there. I never consented to this commercial use...

vessenes 1y ago
That's almost certainly available in a public database in China, FYI. I got to speak at a cool event in Shenzhen in 2019 and the gates automatically face (and maybe iris?) recognized for entry -- I never 'got scanned' consciously, but they worked great first try.
jama211 1y ago
I mean, you’re in a public place, I don’t know any airport in the world that isn’t full of cameras recording you the whole time
- netsharc 1y ago
  As far as I know, face-recognition tech is illegal in law-abiding countries. Although it's probably mostly a legal impediment, I can imagine if the authorities spotted an event and need to track a suspect, they can put all the footage into a system and it will return a sequence of videos/angles in which the suspect was seen.
  - jama211 1y ago
    I live in Australia and it’s legal here. Even if it wasn’t, wouldn’t stop much.

lmm 1y ago

You mean like what the US does? Yeah, crazy.