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Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data

www.biometricupdate.com

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Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data

www.biometricupdate.com

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Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data | Biometric Update
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This arrangement is part of negotiations tied to the US Visa Waiver Program and the Enhanced Border Security Partnership.
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    Why?

    Just that. Why? Who is actually dumb enough to think that that is a good idea?

    Dutch intelligence agencies already stopped sharing certain types of information with the US after trump then used that for his personal quick gain, destroying years of intelligence work.

    This isn’t even intelligence, this is your citizens. This is data on your citizens that the US WILL abuse.

    So, why?

    • REDACTED@infosec.pub
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      Money

  • dan@upvote.au
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    This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone… The five eyes (and nine eyes) nations all share data about their residents in the name of “stopping terrorism”.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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      stopping terrorism

      More like I’ll spy on your people, you spy on mine (which is illegal / unpopular for me), swapsies.

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        Well hey, at least our rights-obliterating global surveillance apparatus is already named like the bad guys in a stupid action movie!

  • JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    jfc

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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      The “Five Eyes” concept has to be the dumbest, most transparent example of the “I’m not touching you” defense to charges of constitution circumvention.

    • FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      ??

      • thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com
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        Acronym for ‘Jesus fucking Christ’, referencing a book character. In this sense it conveys a sense of shock/disbelief.

    • Hegar@fedia.io
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      Literally word for word my first thought.

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    Every right they take will be used against us

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    I believe Canada is also introducing legislation to increase the amount of data on its citizens that it shares with the USA. In the current climate these moves seem crazy. But I guess only fascists and billionaires (and billionaire fascists) get to decide what happens.

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      Any sources on that?

      • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        Until recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2:

        Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF)

        They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns:

        Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International)

        So Canada’s government talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.

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    Crikey

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    Why?

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      Because we’ll always be too scared to say no to the US. We’re their bitch at this point. We’re a little less loud than they are, but we’re just as fucked up where it counts.

      • RickyRigatoni@piefed.social
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        Inshallah we see the fall of the entire anglosphere in our lifetimes.

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      Palantir is hungry for more data.

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        *skynet

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        Palate is hungry for deez nuts.

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    I’ve visited the US 3 times, they’ve got all mine already.

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    Not lots of detail, probably just photos and fingerprints for Australians arriving in the US.

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