cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/57824035

EU ministers have agreed to launch negotiations on an agreement that would grant US border agencies direct access to personal data stored in EU member state databases, and give EU agencies similar access to US data. The US is demanding access to the databases of all states that are part of its Visa Waiver Programme, for โ€œimmigration screening and vetting activities.โ€ This is part of a broader plan to massively increase the amount of sensitive data gathered on travellers.

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[โ€“] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)
  • [โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago

    Big Brother. What could possibly go wrong?

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago

    There are two big fuckups here. First, obvious, that EU is even considering it and, I guess, accepting it at the end. The other is that EU is already doing that to some extent.

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    [โ€“] 15 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This is part of a broader plan to massively increase the amount of sensitive data gathered on travellers.

    What for? Huh? What for?

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  • Will EU use US data more or US will use EU's?

    And for what purposes? I wished those ministers would stop and question that

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    da fuk? Why would you give leverage up like that? Say no, and demand require reciprocation as normal countries do when they are pissed.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It's reciprocal, it's written in the synopsis just below the title, ffs

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    [โ€“] 16 points 10 months ago

    Yet another proof that human beings can live without a spine. Science is magic!

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