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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The Paper Passport Is Dying

www.wired.com

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The Paper Passport Is Dying

www.wired.com

moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
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    “One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart” - Carlos Santana

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      But also we’ll track everyone everywhere they go, with facial recognition.

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      We’ll go extinct eventually so that’s true.

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        What if I told you the idea of a passport was invented about 600 years ago and nobody needed permission to travel before that

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          I’d say that’s a neat factoid.

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