[ivanbalepin]

but that is not my problem

my passport has been through a washing machine accidentally and i can still present it in the remotest of countries no matter the internet or whatever, and it works

in the US, yes they are switching to face recognition and often they barely even look at the passport anymore. I enjoy the convenience of that, but i don't wish to share this data with all the countries in the world, nor to be on the hook for having a connected device everywhere in the world for basic movements.

[tsimionescu]

You may not wish to share it, but it's a simple choice:if those countries want that data, you'll either share it or be refused entry. Passports are only a small part of that, regardless of what data is stored on them. The US for example requires you to provide fingerprints and submit to a face scan, that then get permananetly stored (for non-citizens). They also require you to submit to a phone and laptop search if the TSA agent believes it's necessary. You are of course free to refuse all of this, and go back to the country you were coming from.

So having digital vs physical passports opens no new avenues of private data sharing with regimes you might not trust: they already have a right to demand any kind of data they want about you.