As every day goes by it gets even scarier going to the states. I know I won’t be going in my lifetime.

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    I think >80% of US Americans currentlybhave biometrics on file. Anyone who got a photo ID got sucked up years ago.

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      22 hours ago

      Having your picture taken and placed on file is one thing. Doing bio analysis of your facial features and recording THAT is quite another. The difference between a finger print and just a photo of your hand.

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        21 hours ago

        They’re called biometric photos for a reason.They’re very specific and sufficient for getting a fingerprint of facial features.

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          They are called ‘biometric’ because they are ‘metric’ - a mathematical model of the face, not just a photo of the face. They take features of the face and insert them into an algorithm and out pops a number that completely represents the face. That number can be compared to a number for any other face, no matter what the position or orientation of the face, and determine if it is the same face.