I’m all into new tech, cutting edge science discovery and in general getting the digital useful to the masses.
Things like this, social credit scoring and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are something that, once deployed, will likely worsen our lives in the next few years.
"Travellers who don’t use digital travel credentials must not be discriminated against. This condition includes that border controls for travellers with physical documents must be equally accessible and sufficiently staffed to enable travel checks in a reasonable amount of time."
Is it a reasonable amount of time today? If digital documents allows someone else to go faster is that discrimination?
It's not, my RFID chip in my passport broke, and I couldn't use the automatic border control in Spain, making me almost miss my flight because they were severely understaffed. I waited for 2h, while the automatic checks were ~5 minutes.
You already have to agree to biometrics processing for entering most places that you could travel to, so I'm not sure it really is that bad if the EU side collects them, too, and not only US, Singapore, China, (and probably plenty others).
Similarly, I thought that having a digital covid vaccination certificate but with the option to print it out yourself was pretty reasonable. Authenticity was checked via QR codes that are signed by a government certificate. I could imagine the same tech being re-used for ID cards.
But despite how the article makes things sound, I am 100% sure that passports aren't going anywhere, simply because target countries require them to enter.
There are 3 points at the end of the article which are basically demands, stated but not supported at all. Why should people who refuse to use technology be coddled? Why should we blindly refuse all change?
If they have an actual objection, they should make it. Anything else is just opposition for its own sake.
The points:
>Travellers must not be forced to use digital travel credentials. The possibility of using physical travel documents must be guaranteed permanently and not just for the “near future”, as the European Commission is proposing.
>Travellers who don’t use digital travel credentials must not be discriminated against. This condition includes that border controls for travellers with physical documents must be equally accessible and sufficiently staffed to enable travel checks in a reasonable amount of time.
>Travellers who don’t use digital travel credentials must not, under any circumstances, be affected by the border control technologies required for checking digital travel credentials. Policy options “where all travellers are monitored and their biometric data are processed”, as the European Commission is considering, must be ruled out.
Asserting that everyone should just buy and have a working smartphone at all times and internet service or you can’t travel is by far the most elitist, out-of-touch with reality comment I have seen on this site.
I am not particularly opposed to a paper only process for the tiny number of people who have some legitimate reason they cannot use the main process. But that isn't what is demanded so why should we go beyond the bare minimum to allow those users access?
Have some loaner phones (or similar devices) at immigration and let people get on with it? No, people who refuse tech must have all the benefits and not be left behind despite explicitly choosing to be left behind? Why?
Also, there is nothing "elite" about owning a smart phone. Especially not if you travel internationally. Pretending otherwise is just silly.
Not everyone has fingerprints. I don't remember exactly how it happened but my mother-in-law has terrible fingerprints, anything involving biometrics is a massive pain in the ass for her.
Fuck no. I burned out the RFID on my passport (microwave for 1 second) on purpose to prevent scams, identity theft, and invasions of privacy. I will use a paper passport and only a paper passport, not some virtual shit that requires a third-party app, a phone in working order, and reliance on the security of the stack between them.
If your phone dies or is damaged or stolen, you become (temporarily) stateless and get a chance to remake The Terminal. Fail.
> I burned out the RFID on my passport (microwave for 1 second) on purpose to prevent scams, identity theft, and invasions of privacy.
Good luck travelling.
I would not do this. Not being able to check a password by a border guard may be a reason for detaining you.
They already have all your data on their database so destroying the chip won't help you with privacy, but only make your life harder.
keep your passport in something that will block scanners if you're worried about identity theft. they make passport holders lined lined with metal for that reason.
frying the chip means a simple customs check when crossing a border will turn into a long discussion and sit down. long discussions are never a good thing with customs. doubly so if you admit to "frying with a microwave".
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Things like this, social credit scoring and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are something that, once deployed, will likely worsen our lives in the next few years.
Is it a reasonable amount of time today? If digital documents allows someone else to go faster is that discrimination?
Similarly, I thought that having a digital covid vaccination certificate but with the option to print it out yourself was pretty reasonable. Authenticity was checked via QR codes that are signed by a government certificate. I could imagine the same tech being re-used for ID cards.
But despite how the article makes things sound, I am 100% sure that passports aren't going anywhere, simply because target countries require them to enter.
If they have an actual objection, they should make it. Anything else is just opposition for its own sake.
The points:
>Travellers must not be forced to use digital travel credentials. The possibility of using physical travel documents must be guaranteed permanently and not just for the “near future”, as the European Commission is proposing.
>Travellers who don’t use digital travel credentials must not be discriminated against. This condition includes that border controls for travellers with physical documents must be equally accessible and sufficiently staffed to enable travel checks in a reasonable amount of time.
>Travellers who don’t use digital travel credentials must not, under any circumstances, be affected by the border control technologies required for checking digital travel credentials. Policy options “where all travellers are monitored and their biometric data are processed”, as the European Commission is considering, must be ruled out.
Congratulations.
I am not particularly opposed to a paper only process for the tiny number of people who have some legitimate reason they cannot use the main process. But that isn't what is demanded so why should we go beyond the bare minimum to allow those users access?
Have some loaner phones (or similar devices) at immigration and let people get on with it? No, people who refuse tech must have all the benefits and not be left behind despite explicitly choosing to be left behind? Why?
Also, there is nothing "elite" about owning a smart phone. Especially not if you travel internationally. Pretending otherwise is just silly.
If your phone dies or is damaged or stolen, you become (temporarily) stateless and get a chance to remake The Terminal. Fail.
Good luck travelling. I would not do this. Not being able to check a password by a border guard may be a reason for detaining you. They already have all your data on their database so destroying the chip won't help you with privacy, but only make your life harder.
keep your passport in something that will block scanners if you're worried about identity theft. they make passport holders lined lined with metal for that reason.
frying the chip means a simple customs check when crossing a border will turn into a long discussion and sit down. long discussions are never a good thing with customs. doubly so if you admit to "frying with a microwave".