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[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I decided to never return to the US after they brought in mandatory fingerprinting. It's progressed so much further now. Land of the free*

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago

Land of the free was written before slavery was abolished. It's never been a free country.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What country doesn't do fingerprinting? The entire world seems about the same in terms of surveillance.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Oh dear, things have worsened since I last looked, including 29 EU states just late this year.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

EU passports and ID already have the fingerprint stored digitally on them. If a EU nation wants to they can just get the fingerprint of every EU citizen that enters their country by air. Technically illegal but who’s gonna stop them.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 2 points 2 months ago

In late 2026 we're going to have ETIAS as well, becoming more and more like USA.