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by Disposal8433 409 days ago
> that have already been collected

That would require a big "source" for this claim.

Feel free to downvote me, please provide a source because it's false so far.
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elpocko 408 days ago
In the EU it is mandatory to provide your fingerprints and a biometric scan of your face to the government. The data is stored on your government issued identification card.
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0cf8612b2e1e 408 days ago
Fine, I will bite at this sealioning

Recent month-ago story of police department looking to trade its mugshot face database for access to facial recognition software: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43853297

Government directly looking to share biometrics.

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