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by filoleg 1271 days ago
Well one of the countries in the Five Eyes (UK) used to be a part of the EU, until fairly recently.

Note for those in the thread who haven't heard of ECHELON until now (just like me) - it is the exact same list of countries as for the Five Eyes.

> [...] Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, also known as the Five Eyes. [0]

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON
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Gasp0de 1271 days ago
Maybe this is the reason they started demanding this now, that before they could just ask Britain but because of Brexit, Britain has lost access to European biometric data?
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