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0 pointsmmh00001y ago0 comments

I used to be in the same mindset as you.

Now, I have Global Entry (which includes TSA Pre).

I rationalized it in a few ways:

* "The Government" already has all the information GE wants. Finger prints, photo ID, "interview" (answering the question "Are you a terrorist?"). They got nearly all of this when I got a driver's license. (https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-...)

* With modern corporate surveillance, corps already have a shit ton of "my data" that they will happily sell to anyone, including "The Government". (https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-databroker-files-wie-uns-apps-un...)

* If I'm flying anyway, the airlines already collect (and are legally required to collect) all sorts of personal data that I would rather them not have. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_name_record)

0 pointsmmh00001y ago0 comments

I used to be in the same mindset as you.

Now, I have Global Entry (which includes TSA Pre).

I rationalized it in a few ways:

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quesera1y ago· 4 in thread

The (US) government generally does not have fingerprints for the majority of people who have never been arrested.

caspper691y ago

Funny story for you.

Maybe this was just a GenX thing, and isn't really done anymore, but in elementary school we were all fingerprinted.

They told our parents it was in case we were ever kidnapped it would help them find us.

You might be surprised about how many people's fingerprints the gov't has.

jacobgkau1y ago

That's fair since it's technically not the federal government, but when I moved from Missouri to Colorado in 2019, I had to provide fingerprints in order to get my Colorado driver's license. And as a layman, I would generally assume that means anyone working for government in any part of this country could generally access that info one way or another.

aorloff1y ago

> And as a layman, I would generally assume that means anyone working for government in any part of this country could generally access that info one way or another.

I doubt it.

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Spooky231y ago

Depends on the type of database used. They have prints for a lot more people than you think.

technothrasher1y ago

> "The Government" already has all the information GE wants.

Yup. The people I've talked to who failed their GE interviews all failed because they lied and didn't admit to something shady that DHS already knew about them.

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