EU Plans to Require Biometrics for Visitors

bushwhacker2000 writes to tell us that the EU may soon be requiring travelers to provide biometric data before crossing into Europe. They are trying to soften the blow by offering "streamlined" services for frequent travelers but the end result seems the same. "The proposals, contained in draft documents examined by the International Herald Tribune and scheduled to go to the European Commission on Wednesday, were designed to bring the EU visa regime into line with a new era in which passports include biometric data. The commission, the EU executive, argues that migratory pressure, organized crime and terrorism are obvious challenges to the Union and that the bloc's border and visa policy needs to be brought up to date."

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Lessons of history

[stimpleton]

When the Nazi's were setting the ground work for their "final solution", they gathered census data starting in the early 30's.

The Hollerinth Tabulator machines streamlined the amounts of data that could be processed, thus they could ask more questions.

Some with insight, forsaw this increase is information gathering, and altered their answers to reflect a non-jewish ancestry.

However, they only needed 1 parent or grandparent to give the "correct" answer to link them to a Jewish ancestry(1/16th I believe).

Similarly today, there is little we can do. We are, as we would say in New Zealand, buggered.