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> at which you need to show your passport

And if you're a dirty foreigner you have to have your Iris scanned, a picture taken and your fingerprints taken.

I've lived on the US/Canadian border and if they make a flip-book of all the pictures they took of me over the years it would make for a neat animated study in aging.



> and your fingerprints taken

Actually, they are not taken. They are just copied. ;-)



Not just copied, "pirated". :-)


Really? As a Canadian who crosses that border fairly regularly, the iris & fingerprint records are only for the "Enhanced Drivers License" as far as I knew, I've crossed the border dozens of times with just my passport


> As a Canadian

I wasn't a Canadian. Merely a Dutch guy living in Canada.


I don't think that camera has enough resolution for an Iris scan, it's merely a photo

Unless it's something new





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