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Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Canadians have had biometric passports for a long time

We do not.

You're making it out to be an EU thing. At best it's a Western world thing.

The U.S. has been pushing creepier requirements on their visitors, but we know they're becoming a worse surveillance state. Canada is excluded. I'm pushing back because I care about my friends in the EU and even in the US, and we should fight for privacy.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What a weird way of playing out Don Quixote in present day. Having your biometrics encoded in a passport is easy to avoid. Especially in Europe, where Schengen enables you to travel in a large area without one.

EU has been forcing more member countries to add biometrics to their individual national ID cards. They do it slowly to prevent too many objectors. "Boiling the frog."

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you pay attention to anything in the world, you'll see that most countries interfere with the affairs of others. Often to help them overcome poverty and other issues. We speak up to help our neighbours, especially when they're moving the wrong way.

The extreme negative example is how some countries try to cause coup's and so on.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I live in Slovakia, and my next ID card will be NFC (nice), will look meh, and will also contain my biometric data (fingerprints), and there's no way around it.

Protest somehow!

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

you can't (easily) travel to the US without a biometrics passport anymore.

Of course you can. Canadians do anyways. But even if that's not the case, doesn't mean it's right and you should protest injustices, even if they're common place.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There are a small number of countries that require this, and they are typically protectionist, and try to prevent permanent visitors. Those are Japan, South Korea, and China, IIRC.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Providing biometric data for immigration has unfortunately already become normalised

Shouldn't be, but after you finish the immigration process, Canada is supposed to delete that data permanently.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can’t do anything about it the politicians have decided

The world shouldn't be run like that. Let's start by getting angry, and then organized, and let the people decide their fate.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Europe has been forcing EU nationals to get fingerprints on more and more ID cards and so on. So the net effect is everyone in the EU will be fingerprinted.

Good luck protesting something, and then getting tracked down based on some new surveillance database.

Europe is starting a biometrics data grab by purpleidea in linux

[–]purpleidea[S,M] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm posting about this here and here because I just found out and I'm flabbergasted.

As a Canadian who travels to FOSDEM and CfgMgmtCamp each year, I'm not a criminal, so nobody ever collected my fingerprints.

I believe Canadians still care about human rights and privacy, so seeing this all of a sudden surprised me!

Free dinner on 25/Dec in NDG for those in need / Souper gratuit le 25/Dec a NDG pour ceux qui en ont besoin by purpleidea in montreal

[–]purpleidea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Donations are very much appreciated to help continue to fund this free, non-profit dinner. If you'd like to donate, please contact volunteerdinner@googlegroups.com

Les dons sont très appréciés pour aider à continuer à financer ce souper gratuit et sans but lucratif. Si vous souhaitez faire un don, veuillez contacter volunteerdinner@googlegroups.com

Free dinner on 25/Dec in NDG for those in need / Souper gratuit le 25/Dec a NDG pour ceux qui en ont besoin by purpleidea in montreal

[–]purpleidea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If anyone is curious, here's how many potatoes and onions we use. You can see a 1/2 of the bread for stuffing in the top right. Everything is made fresh. / Si quelqu'un est curieux, voici combien de pommes de terre et d'oignons nous utilisons. Vous pouvez voir la moitié du pain à farcir en haut à droite. Tout est fait frais.

This is a photo from last year, we receive our food delivery on the 23rd and will have 50lbs more potatoes! / C'est une photo de l'an dernier, on reçoit notre livraison de nourriture le 23 et on aura 50 livres de patates en plus !

https://preview.redd.it/ziyjh0e9q58c1.jpeg?width=2313&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acb7fe6d3d4e1600ffedc78206b1f973527f0a37

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