Good God, were you that security guard???
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Codandchips@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Brit here. About eight years ago I flew from London to Belfast and return for business. We don’t need a passport to travel to Northern Ireland, just photo id like driving licence is fine.
Coming back to London I approached the gate and before I could pull out my wallet to show my id, the guard says " Good evening Mr. Codandchips have a safe journey "…
Yes they have facial recognition, the cameras are visible but you don’t notice them.
Codandchips@lemmy.world 1 month ago
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Sounds fishy to me.
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Yeah, they didn’t know he is Mr. Codanchips @lemmy.world?
communism@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It isn’t necessarily. Had a police officer greet me by name once (had never interacted with this officer or the station they were from). They’ll have the data necessary to identify you by sight. If you’re a British citizen the British government most likely has a photo of you somewhere if you have any photo ID, not to mention if your face is known to the state through other means eg through interaction with the criminal justice system.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Check his username :)
communism@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Oh fair enough lol