I had a student visa to study in the UK like 6 ish years ago. They scanned my face. (A literal box I had to put my face in.) My fingers. My palms. Both hands. My iris too I believe with the face scanner. I can’t recall if they took a blood sample but I don’t think so. Surprisingly.
That was required. And I recall having to go to st. Louis to get it done (nearest big city at the time).
Then once I arrived in Britain. I was told I had like 10 days or something to check in at the school and get scanned again to verify my identity.
I felt it was rather invasive.
But it was either agree or not get my school visa. So.
A few years later the state of Illinois started making it mandatory to get your driver’s license photo without glasses. To scan your face.
They have been collecting this data for a while now.
They absolutely are using it for imperfect, highly inaccurate, facial recognition software. To pin crimes on innocent people.
I had a student visa to study in the UK like 6 ish years ago. They scanned my face. (A literal box I had to put my face in.) My fingers. My palms. Both hands. My iris too I believe with the face scanner. I can’t recall if they took a blood sample but I don’t think so. Surprisingly.
That was required. And I recall having to go to st. Louis to get it done (nearest big city at the time).
Then once I arrived in Britain. I was told I had like 10 days or something to check in at the school and get scanned again to verify my identity.
I felt it was rather invasive.
But it was either agree or not get my school visa. So.
A few years later the state of Illinois started making it mandatory to get your driver’s license photo without glasses. To scan your face.
They have been collecting this data for a while now.
They absolutely are using it for imperfect, highly inaccurate, facial recognition software. To pin crimes on innocent people.