Comment on Australians' personal data could soon be accessible by US agencies. Here's why

makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a significant escalation from existing arrangements, at least officially:

  Biometric sharing programmes already exist between Five Eyes countries (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom) as part of Migration Five arrangements but typically operated on a ‘hit/no-hit’ basis where initial biometric checks provided minimal information, and further data requests were considered on a case by case basis.

  But EBSPs could provide full automated access to other countries’ national databases, according to critics and minutes from European Union member state negotiations.

  From: www.sbs.com.au/news/article/…/ftomgcy5j

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  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yup. This is dark as fuck. Full automated profiling of citizens from other nations, by agreement.

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