The terrorists win

I had a student visa for the UK back in 2018. I had to go to st.louis (3 hr drive) and get both my palms/fingers and my face scanned.

When I arrived in the UK, the university also scanned my palms/fingers to make sure they matched. I can’t recall if my face was scanned again. I thought it was overkill but they apparently had a problem with people coming in with student visas and never attending university.

I found this unlikely because to get my visa I had to not only prove I had enough finances for the tuition but living expenses amounting to around 30,000 USD. For the year I would be there. (I was getting fasfa loan money and they accepted this).

I also paid nearly $800 USD for the visa and healthcare that was required.

Oh and the classrooms had scanners on them and I had to scan my ID for every attendance. To prove I was attending classes.

And I was doing a research program so after 6 months I wasn’t attending classes, just doing research. So not scanning my ID anywhere. And I got a notice I would be deported in 30 days if I wasn’t attending. I had to call them up and explain the situation. And then I just started scanning my ID on random doors every day. Just to be sure I didn’t get flagged again.

I get that it feels good to give Americans a taste of their own survailance border, but this is bad, building a survailance network “at the border” will inevitably expand inwards.

First sentence in the article

Americans traveling to Europe are now encountering major changes at border crossings as the European Union’s long‑planned Entry/Exit System (EES) has officially come into force.

Confusing headline

So they will ‘face’ the same stuff Europeans used to ‘face’ when entering the US.

So?

Your face and your fingerprint was already in the passport they scanned though…

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And there will still be morons who think visiting the US is fine.