Allowing the access to the database doesn't mean they are keeping tabs on everyone who has a passport. You are objecting to a possible use, not the access itself.
Damn right I am. I do not trust the police not to use the powers we give them to the fullest extent they can.
And the proposed ban is far wider than this specific question.
Indeed. It's probably necessary. I'm absolutely fine with the police using facial recognition for finding fugitives and people for whom they have an arrest warrant. No problem with that at all, but what about using facial recognition to monitor anybody who has a criminal record? Is that OK? I don't think so.
