alternative party » Biometrics http://www.alternativeparty.org Attempting holistic thinking Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:50:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 EU proposes biometric border clampdown http://www.alternativeparty.org/eu-proposes-biometric-border-clampdown/ http://www.alternativeparty.org/eu-proposes-biometric-border-clampdown/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:15:49 +0000 Philip Casey http://www.alternativeparty.org/eu-proposes-biometric-border-clampdown/ AttributionNoncommercial Some rights reserved by starbooze
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It used to be Ireland which aped the worst ideas of the US, five years after those same ideas had fallen from fashion and shown to be useless and a waste of money. Now it’s the EU’s turn.

The EU is to consider introducing automated border-crossing facilities within the EU for EU citizens and the electronic recording of entry and exit dates of third-country nationals in and out of the Schengen area.

When will they ever learn?

EU proposes biometric border clampdown at Silicon Republic

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