Originally Posted by
FlyingFreeYupie
Precisely. The fact that they can scan a non-EU passport that has never been scanned/entered Europe before and stamp it with an exit stamp makes me think EU border controls are a joke. Not to mention that if I was wanted for anything within Europe, I assume it would be tied to my European profile and not a random third country one.
these checks are a lot less centralised than you may imagine. The passport scan mostly just pulls the static data off the passport, so they can check it matches the printed data and that it’s validly digitally signed by the issuer. There may be some lookups in national databases, and in transnational “wanted” databases, but these are mostly done by name. There’s no Europe-wide entry-exit system (yet) so there’s generally no practical problem with mismatching the document you use to enter and leave. FWIW, most countries are similar.