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New ID Cards: More control, less freedom? [Germany/EU—digital fingerprinting]
Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.03.2021 | Nina Werkhäuser, Esther Felden

Posted on 07/03/2021 10:08:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai

“It was a really creepy feeling,” says data protection activist Leena Simon, describing the moment when she last visited the citizens’ service center at her local town hall and they wanted to take her fingerprints.

She was instructed to press the index fingers of both hands on the glass surface of a scanner. The idea was that the resulting fingerprints would be included in her new passport. However, she used a trick that she’s not willing to share to spoil the scan. Leena is a member of a German organization called Digitalcourage, which is committed to privacy and digital rights.

So, did it work? Leena says she can’t be sure. But what she does know: “For the rest of the day, I felt awful.” She says it is “invasive” when the state forces law-abiding citizens to allow their fingerprints to be taken. After all, she says, it’s a tool ordinarily used by the police in criminal investigations: “I don’t understand why I should have to give the state access to my prints when I haven’t broken the law.” […]

The new regulation won’t apply only in Germany. Beginning on August 2, travel documents with a combination of photos and fingerprints will be issued across the European Union — as agreed in 2019 following a tight vote in the European Parliament. The main aim is to protect against counterfeiting. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: digitalfingerprints; eussr; fourthreich; ihrepapierebitte; markofthebeast; papersplease

1 posted on 07/03/2021 10:08:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

It doesn’t take much imagination to imagine internet access requiring a fingerprint. After all, my phone (S21) now has (optional) fingerprint identification, although that is stored locally at the moment. Or so I’m told.


2 posted on 07/03/2021 10:20:45 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t it racist to require fingerprints? After all, some minority groups might not have the “resources” to know how to have their fingerprints taken. /s


3 posted on 07/03/2021 10:26:58 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: cockroach_magoo

Maybe this is the loophole the totalitarians were looking for . . . eventually not requiring the ID card at all, of course . . .


4 posted on 07/03/2021 10:31:56 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Hell, I have no problem with having my identity AND THE IDENTITIES OF OTHERS VERIFIED BY FINGERPRINTS (or other barometrics). Anyone who has served in the military or gotten a security clearance has gone through this process.


5 posted on 07/03/2021 11:05:32 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides

When I worked for government outfits in the past, I got fingerprinted too.

But everyone? Non-criminals? The implication is that the government owns you.


6 posted on 07/03/2021 11:08:26 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: House Atreides

Also done for LTC/CCW credentials (which also includes a background check).


7 posted on 07/03/2021 12:08:11 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Olog-hai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust


8 posted on 07/03/2021 12:14:45 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Trump Train!!!)
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To: Olog-hai
However, she used a trick that she’s not willing to share to spoil the scan.

The technician supervising the process will undoubtedly immediately recognize that the scan had been spoiled, so I don't see the purpose of even attempting it.

Regards,

9 posted on 07/03/2021 12:47:03 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Olog-hai
we've seen this movie before...


10 posted on 07/03/2021 5:59:58 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Olog-hai

Some folks are just not early adopters...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/business/dealbook/goodbye-password-banks-opt-to-scan-fingers-and-faces-instead.html


11 posted on 07/04/2021 4:12:23 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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