Passport-less clearance fully available at Changi Airport, average clearance time of 10 seconds: ICA

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, the tech is cool, but has terrifying implications.

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  • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Eh this is nothing new since the biometrics portion has been part of the process for a few years. The only new part is that now you can skip the passport. The terrifying portion had already arrived many years ago unfortunately.

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Holy fuck, hard pass.

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  • Meltrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you flown international lately? This is what it looks like to land in the international terminal in most major US airports as well.

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    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Have you? I travel a lot for both business and leisure. I’ve never been through anything like this. Maybe I’m just visiting more civilized places.

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  • moe90@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    then you don’t need to come to Singapore. their country their rules

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    • Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I really dislike this argument. Just because it’s “their country, their rules” doesn’t make it an issue? Especially when it comes to privacy concerns. Privacy concerns are universal.

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    • thejml@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      At the moment it sounds optional, so that’s a plus.

      Also:

      The previous average clearance time for each traveller was 25 seconds, said ICA.

      So, 15s saved per person. Which is handy, but 25 seconds fits squarely in the “blazing fast” category anyway.

      Bet the people will spend more than 15s per person dealing with the ramifications of their biometric data getting leaked and used against them later though.

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    • Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, yeah I don’t need to go to Singapore.

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Singapore, or as William Gibson called it, Disneyland With The Death Penalty.

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  • AceBonobo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t that just Disney Land?

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• mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hell no. I want passport, no biometric facial recognition.

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• lnxtx@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t blink! No smile! No hats! Place your fingers on the scanner!

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