»Insgesamt 40 Länder nehmen derzeit am „Visa Waiver Program“ (#VWP) der #US-Regierung teil. Washington garantiert damit, dass die Bürger:innen der betreffenden Staaten zu geschäftlichen oder touristischen Zwecken für maximal drei Monate ohne Visum einreisen dürfen […]

Nun verlangt die US-Regierung, dass die am VWP teilnehmenden Staaten im Rahmen einer „Enhanced Border Security Partnership“ (#EBSP) Zugang zu ihren polizeilichen #Biometrie-#Datenbanken gewähren.«

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/alleingang-in-bruessel-eu-kommission-prueft-zugriff-auf-biometriedaten-durch-us-polizei/

U.S. authorities want to query fingerprints and facial images in a total of 40 states, most of them in Europe.
In a twist, the EU Commission is putting itself at the forefront of talks about this #EBSP. Brussels is also planning a feasability study.
https://digit.site36.net/2023/07/29/brussels-goes-it-alone-eu-commission-examines-access-to-biometric-data-by-u-s-police/

U.S. authorities want to query fingerprints and facial images in a total of 40 states, most of them in Europe.
Such direct access to police databases from abroad is unusual even among friendly secret services.
In a twist, the EU Commission is putting itself at the forefront of talks about this so-called #EBSP https://digit.site36.net/2023/07/29/brussels-goes-it-alone-eu-commission-examines-access-to-biometric-data-by-u-s-police/

With an „Enhanced Border Security Partnership" #EBSP the US government demands direct police access to European biometric data.
This poses an unprecedented threat to civil liberties.
I’ll talk about it 27 December at „Hacking in Parallel" #HiP22 in Berlin:
https://pretalx.c3voc.de/hip-berlin-2022/talk/JYX7JA/