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veen · 2940 days ago · link · · parent · post: France to create biometric database of 60 million citizens
Setting aside what a horrible idea this is, doesn't the US already have something similar? I don't know whether this is a known fact among Americans, but when non-US citizens (like myself) enter the US they not only have to give a whole bunch of personal information for the ESTA application but also need to give all 10 fingerprints and have a picture taken when arriving at the airport. Oh, and this: Only thing's "missing" is height and parents' place of birth. I wouldn't be surprised if the NSA has the rest of the data already on at least a few million French citizens.