Passport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars'

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I feel like the sets of people who have passports and people who frequently seal stuff from stores have a very minimal overlap. This probably won't do much.

Not for the states goals, no. But someday it’ll be very useful to have that searchable, facial-recognition database of passport holders, won’t it? Perhaps knowing what political opponents are up to? Locating people with dirt on you quickly?

But the databases already exists. Every country keeps track of its passports, they don't just hand them out and forget about it.