Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
  • Boomer Humor DoomergodEnglish
    39•3 months ago

    “One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart” - Carlos Santana

    • NaibofTabrEnglish
      36•3 months ago

      But also we’ll track everyone everywhere they go, with facial recognition.

    • SixtyEnglish
      4•3 months ago

      We’ll go extinct eventually so that’s true.

      • Boomer Humor DoomergodEnglish
        4•3 months ago

        What if I told you the idea of a passport was invented about 600 years ago and nobody needed permission to travel before that

        • SixtyEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          I’d say that’s a neat factoid.