Recently I was traveling internationally. I have the Global Traveller option, so I could just to a machine, put in my passport, put my face in front of a camera, and get a piece of paper to hand to the immigration officer.<\/p>\n
But I was really tired from the flight. So I forgot to put my passport into the slot — I just posed for the camera.<\/p>\n
And it worked anyway. The paper came out saying that I was me, I handed it to the immigration officer, and I was done. It seems that just my photo was enough to identify me.<\/p>\n
Apparently sticking your passport into the slot is essentially theater. Your government can already tell who you are just from analyzing a photo of you, and they will let you into the country on that basis.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, this is very thought provoking, and there are implications here. More soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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