United States Customs and Border Protection plans to log every person leaving the country by vehicle by taking photos at border crossings of every passenger and matching their faces to their passports, visas, or travel documents, WIRED has learned.

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    3 hours ago

    Reminds me of the DDR (East Germany after WW2). I thought americans hated communism/socialism? Oh wait… are they now starting to realize that authoritarian and facist governments can exist regargless of the socio-economical system?

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      5 hours ago

      authocratic

      Just being pedantic, but you are mixing up two related words here:

      • autocratic means “ruled by a single person, the autocrat”
      • authoritarian means “holding obedience to authority above individual freedom”