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US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]

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Re: US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]

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Is there a link to a primary source with more details? I skimmed the video and see some quotes but couldn’t find the policy that they come from

Found this but it’s quite old so seems the US has been trying to get hold of it for a while

https://etias.com/articles/us-demands-direct-access-to-eu-da...

Re: US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]

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10 years ago this wouldn’t have been a big deal but don’t think the US in its current form should be given access

> 10 years ago this wouldn’t have been a big deal Famous last words

Multiple countries have already been sharing this information between eachother and the U.S. to some capacity for some time now and hardly anyone raises a stink about it [0] except us old-man-yells-at-cloud folk.

I think GP is right that if not for Trump, no one would care. Like the majority of the U.S.'s over-reaching policies that have largely only come under scrutiny in recent times (at least, amongst this audience).

[0] https://www.biometricupdate.com/202406/five-eyes-biometric-d...

Re: US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]

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10 years ago this wouldn’t have been a big deal but don’t think the US in its current form should be given access

10 years ago this would have been a big deal, because the US (or any country) can always change "forms".

Actually that's why you shouldn't create databases like that to begin with.

Re: US Government demands access to European police databases and biometrics [video]

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10 years ago this wouldn’t have been a big deal but don’t think the US in its current form should be given access

> 10 years ago this wouldn’t have been a big deal Famous last words

That ship sailed for the most part. This data is already commonly shared between countries.
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