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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @03:29AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 16 2017, @03:29AM (#539774)

    Costs for renunciation are over 3k now, possibly up to 5k. As to taxes: You're supposed to be keeping them for 7 years IN the US, so if you are kosher 5 years is nothing.

    And yes the questionable policy decisions are making it harder and harder to morally justify remaining in America. Most people just lack the brains, breadth of tech knowledge, and knowledge of history to understand the full ramifications of what is happening, both in the US and in other 'free' countries around the world.

    The situation is not going to be fixed since the populace either supports or doesn't care enough to protest, which means the only options remaining are outside of the respective countries immediate sphere of influence. Foreign influence may still find you dealing with objectionable actions, outside of their legal boundaries you can DO something about it, if the need arises and for better or worse consequences whether economic or militarily.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday July 20 2017, @01:26AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday July 20 2017, @01:26AM (#541735) Journal

    Considering salary for qualified positions and business opportunities vs IRS stomping, housing and pay it all healthcare etc. Is it still a profitable deal?