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This airport will soon be able to automatically ID passengers using controversial new tech: ‘No government should be trusted’
New York Post ^ | Aug. 7, 2024 | Alex Mitchell

Posted on 08/08/2024 3:07:06 AM PDT by george76

Facial recognition technology will soon be enabled at every security checkpoint inside Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport ...

The Smart Travel project, currently being implemented inside the futuristic flight hub serving the capital of the wealthy United Arab Emirates, will replace the traditional screening process — and the whipping out of travel documents, like a passport or ID card.

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The capability will reportedly also be implemented at duty-free shops, lounges and boarding gates as well.

The goal is to have the biometric concept — which has courted controversy in the United States — fully running in 2025 at nine locations.

Some parts of the airport have already incorporated the tech, as has Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi’s hometown carrier.

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“It’s designed with no pre-enrollment required, passengers are automatically recognized and authenticated as they move through the airport, significantly speeding up the entire process

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In the U.S., where the TSA announced a planned rollout in more than 400 American airports, backlash over the concept has largely been related to privacy concerns.

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The TSA program is a precursor to a full-blown national surveillance state,” Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley.

“Nothing could be more damaging to our national values of privacy and freedom. No government should be trusted with this power.”

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abudhabi; airport; biometric; china; digital; digitalid; facialrecognition; food; id; smartmeter; smartpowermeter; smarttravel; smartwatermeter; technology
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1 posted on 08/08/2024 3:07:06 AM PDT by george76
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To: Kenny Bania; gundog; PROCON; Larry Lucido

[duty-free shops]

I like to shop
at the duty-free shop


2 posted on 08/08/2024 3:23:17 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76
[This airport will soon be able to automatically ID passengers using controversial new tech: ‘No government should be trusted’]

Excellent. Our surveillance society continues to move forward.

Soon will come the "if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about" - until you step outside the defined boxes. Don't have your COVID-19(84).Booster.100? Access denied. Didn't support Pride parades? Access denied. Quoted the Bible? Access denied.




3 posted on 08/08/2024 3:28:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76
Some Freepers circa October/November 2001: "*derp* We gotta give up some of our Freedoms 'r else the terrorists win *derp*"

Then some Freepers showed up in early 2020: " "*derp* We gotta give up some of our Freedoms 'r else the virus wins *derp*"

Seems like there's a pattern and it only ratchets one way.

4 posted on 08/08/2024 3:45:21 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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How long until Western Nations start requiring facial recognition to buy food like China?

THIS will be the ultimate control over “world citizens” - FOOD


TPTB WILL use control over food to control people. Social Credit scores - China-style. It is ALREADY happening in China. This video is from December, 2023:

It won’t matter if someone has $400,000-$500,000 in the bank. It won’t matter if somebody has a job paying $150,000 a year. You WILL submit to the Social Credit Score System and you WILL exhibit and parrot Party Doctrine or you WILL be cast aside and forced to buy food on the streets. Oh, and your finances WILL be tracked with Digital Currency, etc. (for the thread)


China...No Digital ID...Can’t buy food!

(BEST version of this short video - 1:20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6diM6X2A8E

China - No digital ID can’t buy food - Next coming to USA and EU

(audio is a little unsynchronized with video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxCgIPYHbkI


5 posted on 08/08/2024 4:06:50 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Sirius Lee

[THIS will be the ultimate control over “world citizens” - FOOD]

Oops AND access to one’s MONEY


6 posted on 08/08/2024 4:07:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

If anyone has had Global entry, you’ll already know that facial ID at the airport, is and has been a “thing” for quite some time now, my first experience with it was in 2019 and I’m sure it goes back further.

When I leave Frankfurt Germany and land in Orlando, the Germans ID me with a camera as I walk on the plane(don’t even have to show a ticket), when I land I walk past the line to the front, Immigration halts me for about 5 seconds as I look into a camera. At that point, I’m in and on my way.

The difference between handing someone your passport, they look at you, then hand it back, is exactly what?

You’re at an airport. You have zero expectation of privacy. I have no doubt they have general “walkway” cameras picking out faces too. So what. You’re going to have to show ID at some point to prove who you are and why you are there.

“Oh, but they store it in a database”. Yup. They do that anyway with your driver license and any other pile of IDs you have.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, privacy is over and has been for some time now. I don’t have to like it to realize it for what it is.


7 posted on 08/08/2024 4:07:34 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: george76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnVzU5wsA4Y

I don’t believe this is fiction anymore.


8 posted on 08/08/2024 4:32:11 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: ro_dreaming

Everything changed on 09/11/2001

And it will never go back to what it was


9 posted on 08/08/2024 4:40:02 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Malsua

The difference between handing someone your passport, they look at you, then hand it back, is exactly what?


I’ve had experience with them too. They don’t always work, even when comparing your fingerprint with what is (supposedly) stored on your passport.


10 posted on 08/08/2024 5:14:12 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: rbg81

Just give them a separate ballot with their fingerprints on it and a record of who they voted for. Accurate? Accurate enough.


11 posted on 08/08/2024 5:20:40 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: SaveFerris
How long until Western Nations start requiring facial recognition to buy food like China?

Seems I’ve read about a system like that somewhere.

12 posted on 08/08/2024 5:22:44 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: SaveFerris
Everything changed on 09/11/2001

And it will never go back to what it was

Almost exactly the words I said to my wife the morning of 9/11 as I watched the towers fall on TV. The moment I saw that, I said that the world just changed forever, and that we were at war.

13 posted on 08/08/2024 5:25:47 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Malsua

The technology allows bad people to more easily slip through security.


14 posted on 08/08/2024 5:32:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: george76

I boarded a plane in Atlanta for Peru they said no boarding pass or passport needed. Just look into camera. It recognized me and I got on the flight. I prefer to show my papers.


15 posted on 08/08/2024 5:33:48 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: george76

The stazi would have gone AP€$}{!T to have had this technology.


16 posted on 08/08/2024 5:34:09 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: george76

The amusing part is that facial recognition does not work well on black’s faces. Whites and paler type Asians, no problemo. So if blacks stage a fight scene at Spirit airlines, it will be difficult to ID them.

The scummy-leftist UK police are going after native Brits with a vengeance. Those who have stood up (taken to the streets) against migrant housing in their neighborhoods. Against Muslim mobs that have been arming themselves with knives and machetes. The police are using facial recognition. I am fairly sure Ireland is doing the same


17 posted on 08/08/2024 5:36:15 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: george76

They already use this at the Dubai airport. That’s why it’s so quick and easy to get in and out there.


18 posted on 08/08/2024 5:46:08 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: SaveFerris
Everything changed on 09/11/2001....And it will never go back to what it was.

Osama Bin Ladens operation only cost them $500000. The most leveraged military strike in history. Due to all the wars, loss of our civil liberties, spying on us, and other bad things that have resulted from it. Such as the Washington DC Leviathan, national security state. I despised Bill Clinton. But his presidency was a golden age of good humor, good spirits, and widely distributed prosperity, compared to what came later with 09/11/2001. And then the Covid19 scamdemic that made the rich, richer. While the average American sank.

19 posted on 08/08/2024 5:50:18 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

I think you should thank Gingrich for that more than Slick!


20 posted on 08/08/2024 5:57:39 AM PDT by Reily (f)
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