Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoPassport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars'archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkPassport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars'archive.phBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarevector_zero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoI feel like the sets of people who have passports and people who frequently seal stuff from stores have a very minimal overlap. This probably won’t do much.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoNot for the states goals, no. But someday it’ll be very useful to have that searchable, facial-recognition database of passport holders, won’t it?
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoBut the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don’t just hand them out and forget about it.
I feel like the sets of people who have passports and people who frequently seal stuff from stores have a very minimal overlap. This probably won’t do much.
Not for the states goals, no. But someday it’ll be very useful to have that searchable, facial-recognition database of passport holders, won’t it?
But the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don’t just hand them out and forget about it.