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0 pointscaptn3m07y ago0 comments

Not a lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_applying_biometrics

There are restrictions on how vast this database is allowed to be and what all it can be linked to, in most cases.

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I live in Spain and they take your fingerprint when they make your ID card. I'm pretty sure that goes into a database, so they have the fingerprints of all citizens.

robin_reala7y ago

Same in Sweden, but in the UK there’s no national database of citizens, and therefore no fingerprints associated.

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0 pointscaptn3m07y ago0 comments

Not a lot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_applying_biometrics

There are restrictions on how vast this database is allowed to be and what all it can be linked to, in most cases.

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lmcm827y ago

I live in Spain and they take your fingerprint when they make your ID card. I'm pretty sure that goes into a database, so they have the fingerprints of all citizens.

robin_reala7y ago

Same in Sweden, but in the UK there’s no national database of citizens, and therefore no fingerprints associated.

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