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Miami Customs Using Facial Recognition
I once saw the screen after the guy had done an iris scan. Just by taking a photo of my eyes, he could see so much information about me it was scary.
I have no idea why they make you line up to go through immigration for so long, surely this is just for show.
I have no idea why they make you line up to go through immigration for so long, surely this is just for show.
First time I noticed these cameras was on our Puerto Rico to SDQ flight last month. In SDQ I was surprised we had to provide a fingerprint which I don't remember doing before. I have flown in the EU and Canada a few times in the past year and don't remember either cameras or fingerprints but maybe I was oblivious to the cameras. It's all a little unsettling. I hope the 'holder's of our information' databases are very secure.
The DR is the only country with my fingerprints on file as my home country of Canada doesn't see the need. On the facial recognition front, things are going to get interesting when you will be able to do a Youtube search for a face in their video library.
Secure Dominican data bases? Please.
Identity theft is way up. Check the dark web for your information. My identity has been stolen twice in the USA since I moved to the DR over 2 decades ago. Just got my credit back up in the 800s again.
Big brother knows thing you forgot about yourself....
Identity theft is way up. Check the dark web for your information. My identity has been stolen twice in the USA since I moved to the DR over 2 decades ago. Just got my credit back up in the 800s again.
Big brother knows thing you forgot about yourself....
You have never had your fingerprints scanned when entering Canada at an Immigration booth? Mine are scanned every time I enter the USA.
The DR uses digital images and fingerprints for verification in banks, for gun licenses, etc.
Of course not. Only the DR has my prints on file so it would be useless. Is every American citizen fingerprinted?
In late 2023 I went with a friend to his hometown in Jalisco, Mexico. Return flight stopped in Dallas/Ft Worth. Step up to the Immigration desk, passport in hand. Man tells me to stop on the line about 6 feet from the desk and immediately addresses me by my legal name. Asks me what I was doing in Guadalajara. Next question was why do I go to Santo Domingo, DR so often. I was stunned.
most Americans have been fingerprinted or their biometrics recorded. Truck drivers with a hazmat endorsement, health care, many teachers and countless others.
Everyone's information is out there, and it is not hard to find especially for criminals.
Yep thanks to the National Public Data Breach in 2024 it is estimated 2.9 billion records (Yes 2.9 billion) were exposed. So unless you have been living under a rock you can be pretty much assured that a portion of your data has been exposed. It has been estimated that with the various data breaches that every social security number has now been exposed by someone.
not sure why some people are worried about facial recognition unless you are wanted by the Interpol
You know that PUJ uses facial recognition too? When you leave, if you have a US passport, you put the passport on the machine reader. The gate opens. Next you stop in front of the camera. And, when it regonizes your face that last gate opens. And, you go.. No interaction with an immigration agent. (They make you show your passport before that before you enter the secure area which of course seems redundant, but what do I know. Creates a big line. Termimal B.)
It should be noted that exposed doesn’t automatically mean your info has been read by troublesome people. It’s too much information. Any criminal looking to do things as ID theft and have a lot of ID info at his disposal due to the breaches, unless you’re some high profile people chances are he will skip your info in favor of someone else’s.
It sounds ironic, but every time a new breach occurs it is making it safer for whomever has his/her info already out there. Safety in numbers.
Bad luck probably has more to do with becoming a victim of identity theft since which one is used for sinister purposes mostly is random.
Oh i know that. Just making it known that nearly everyone in the USA has already had their information compromised likely multiple times and available for the taking. For most the risk of anything happening to them is still quite low.
Quite frankly its those that continue to make the same stupid mistakes over and over again that are the most likely to get targeted and once they have you identified the risk goes way up. It is no secret as to why some people get hit over and over again.
Must by why my identity was stolen twice that I know of.
Twice for me is random? Oh well, maybe so. At the end of the day, I told the person that bought the bad debt who came collecting that his company made a mistake.
Anyone else here had their identity stolen once? It’s safe to assume that everyone’s info is out there somewhere.