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Homeland Security Says Americans Who Don't Want Faces Scanned Leaving the Country "Shouldn't Travel"

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 16 2017, @02:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the all-your-face-are-belong-to-us dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

"Congress allowed the government to scan faces of foreign nationals to keep track of visa overstays. But now that's set to be extended to Americans worrying some privacy advocates."

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday July 16 2017, @03:49AM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Sunday July 16 2017, @03:49AM (#539781)

    It doesn't stop at the home - you can be scanned infra-red, radar, and WiFi interference patterns through your home walls, videoed through windows, etc.

    It has been done to celebrities for decades, Andy Warhol was a lightweight - we're all getting 15+ years of fame in the future, thanks to the advancement of monitoring technology.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @05:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @05:12AM (#539804)

    You missed the obvious... All those webcams and microphones and even speakers (software can pipe the mic input to the speakers) you think are off