The devil is in the details. The US is just using the border as a development/testing pool of victims that have essential zero rights to protest or object to whatever is done.
Once perfected, this will be implemented by all US institutions - driving license, automobile registration, health insurance, and eventually every American will have their facial biometric on file. Get caught on any of the billions of surveillance cameras, instant recognition and identification. Post a photo in any social media platform, the government knows who you are. Critical of government policies? There will be no such thing as anonymity.This is truly ‘big brother’.
So, go across the border into the US? You are identified for life, and your movements can be traced, even in Canada through any social media post with your picture, by US agents. Even from a crowd scene photo.
The Uyghur population increased in China by millions over the last decade, when the population of China as a whole decreased. There is no oppression of the Uyghur in China.
Having your picture taken and placed on file is one thing. Doing bio analysis of your facial features and recording THAT is quite another. The difference between a finger print and just a photo of your hand.
They are called ‘biometric’ because they are ‘metric’ - a mathematical model of the face, not just a photo of the face. They take features of the face and insert them into an algorithm and out pops a number that completely represents the face. That number can be compared to a number for any other face, no matter what the position or orientation of the face, and determine if it is the same face.
The devil is in the details. The US is just using the border as a development/testing pool of victims that have essential zero rights to protest or object to whatever is done.
Once perfected, this will be implemented by all US institutions - driving license, automobile registration, health insurance, and eventually every American will have their facial biometric on file. Get caught on any of the billions of surveillance cameras, instant recognition and identification. Post a photo in any social media platform, the government knows who you are. Critical of government policies? There will be no such thing as anonymity.This is truly ‘big brother’.
So, go across the border into the US? You are identified for life, and your movements can be traced, even in Canada through any social media post with your picture, by US agents. Even from a crowd scene photo.
If China does it it is Tyrannical Communism. If the US does it it is Capitalistic Freedom.
The thing is, China would never do it. The Chinese government does not oppress the people. They BELIEVE in the people.
Besides, with four times the population, even this method is too unwieldy.
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The Uyghur population increased in China by millions over the last decade, when the population of China as a whole decreased. There is no oppression of the Uyghur in China.
I think >80% of US Americans currentlybhave biometrics on file. Anyone who got a photo ID got sucked up years ago.
Having your picture taken and placed on file is one thing. Doing bio analysis of your facial features and recording THAT is quite another. The difference between a finger print and just a photo of your hand.
They’re called biometric photos for a reason.They’re very specific and sufficient for getting a fingerprint of facial features.
They are called ‘biometric’ because they are ‘metric’ - a mathematical model of the face, not just a photo of the face. They take features of the face and insert them into an algorithm and out pops a number that completely represents the face. That number can be compared to a number for any other face, no matter what the position or orientation of the face, and determine if it is the same face.