Well, they certainly do this at the border in China, though not by roving gangs of photographers. It’s part of the check-in/out process at customs.
Tell me, though, is the USA and its citizenry aspiring to become China? Or does the self-proclaimed “Land of the Free” perhaps have higher ideals they bleat out loud in spite of shit like this?
They also do this in Japan, Singapore, India, and several European countries, too. It’s interesting to me that you singled out China here. Why is that the US has to be more like China, but not more like Japan or India or Germany?
Because Americans recoil reflexively at the word “China”. It’s a harder hit.
Also I haven’t been at an Indian, Japanese, or German airport to go through customs in nearly 30 years. I have nothing to say about how they do things now, whereas I last went through Chinese customs a few months ago.
I travel internationally a lot, many places I’ve visited routinely take your picture with some kind of a facial recognition computer system as part of the customs process. I guess I just don’t have a huge problem with it, it’s part of the price I pay for being a guest in another country.
I have less of a problem with it when it’s done as part of customs than when it’s done by roving gangs of photographers. The latter is clearly for intimidation.
The process of entering and exiting China involved photographs and facial recognition. Same, actually, come to think of it, with Canada’s entry (but not exit to my knowledge). But the key in these situations was that it was part of an organized process.
The story here is talking about gangs of ICE types taking your photo willy-nilly at random, not as part of a process. It’s just intimidation tactics.
Well, they certainly do this at the border in China, though not by roving gangs of photographers. It’s part of the check-in/out process at customs.
Tell me, though, is the USA and its citizenry aspiring to become China? Or does the self-proclaimed “Land of the Free” perhaps have higher ideals they bleat out loud in spite of shit like this?
They also do this in Japan, Singapore, India, and several European countries, too. It’s interesting to me that you singled out China here. Why is that the US has to be more like China, but not more like Japan or India or Germany?
Because Americans recoil reflexively at the word “China”. It’s a harder hit.
Also I haven’t been at an Indian, Japanese, or German airport to go through customs in nearly 30 years. I have nothing to say about how they do things now, whereas I last went through Chinese customs a few months ago.
I travel internationally a lot, many places I’ve visited routinely take your picture with some kind of a facial recognition computer system as part of the customs process. I guess I just don’t have a huge problem with it, it’s part of the price I pay for being a guest in another country.
I have less of a problem with it when it’s done as part of customs than when it’s done by roving gangs of photographers. The latter is clearly for intimidation.
The process of entering and exiting China involved photographs and facial recognition. Same, actually, come to think of it, with Canada’s entry (but not exit to my knowledge). But the key in these situations was that it was part of an organized process.
The story here is talking about gangs of ICE types taking your photo willy-nilly at random, not as part of a process. It’s just intimidation tactics.