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Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition by cobythedog on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:59PM (#19912008)
What does it mean to be "digitally penetrated"? I'm not familiar with that.
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Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition by hprotagonist on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:14PM (#19912198)
read digit as “finger” not “numerical representation form”; it means that a customs agent stuck their fingers in one or more bodily orifices.
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Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition by dontbenebby on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:39PM (#19912489)
In English digit comes from the latin word for finger (digitus)
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Re:Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition by cobythedog on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:37PM (#19915945)
Thanks - I am a native English speaker and I am aware of the origin of the root word. @hprotagonist addresses my confusion.
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