U.S. border control’s facial biometrics plans will affect Canadians | National
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed plans to use facial biometrics at its northern and southern land borders.

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

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
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    23 hours ago

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

    • Daryl@lemmy.ca
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      21 hours ago

      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.