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Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My government, ladies and gentlemen!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (5 children)

eID done wrong

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

That's the Vietnamese government for you. Such blatant overreach and I've seen little discourse on this issue. So many people blindly trust it because national unity/national security/patriotism or whatever. If you dare to oppose the government, they're taking you to the police station for questioning. There's basically no press freedom and internet freedom is shit as well so where the hell are people going to get differing opinions? All the articles I've read are simply parroting the government. This shit would never fly in a democracy. The writing has been on the wall for a long time. I'll be finding ways to get tf out of here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You're doing too much western shit. Life sucks this side of the fence, too. And the numbers are not improving for most people, just the rich getting richer, and everyone else is worse than ever.

Freedom is just for the rich.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

He is actually paid by CIA to do that.

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