Kuwait to Require DNA from Visitors
Apr 20, 2016 | 11:39 pm
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Kuwait to Require DNA from Visitors
Kuwait has now decided that everyone in the country is required to submit their DNA, including those who enter by air as visitors.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archiv...i_governm.html
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archiv...i_governm.html
Apr 21, 2016 | 2:33 am
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Do USA military people have the right to refuse to go to Kuwait because of this?
Apr 21, 2016 | 2:27 pm
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Apr 24, 2016 | 5:11 pm
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Huh. To be honest I never had a hankering to go there...
I do like that all stories seem to dance around the very obvious "what happens if you refuse?" question....answers range from 'serious consequences' to 'we will apply the measures specified in the law'..well. WHAT ARE THEY?
Still, zero chance of this affecting me or anyone I know...
I do like that all stories seem to dance around the very obvious "what happens if you refuse?" question....answers range from 'serious consequences' to 'we will apply the measures specified in the law'..well. WHAT ARE THEY?
Still, zero chance of this affecting me or anyone I know...
Apr 24, 2016 | 5:25 pm
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I was living out the Gulf in the late 90s. Theoretically, I had to take a bunch of medical tests - including HIV screening - to get a Bahrain residency visa. I was never asked to do it, nor would I have a agreed. I asked a friend about it, he laughed and said "that's for the Indian, Pakistani, Thai and Filipina guest workers, not us".
If the DNA testing thing sees the light of day, it will probably be along the same lines. Only the unwashed (literally sometimes) will have to do it.
If the DNA testing thing sees the light of day, it will probably be along the same lines. Only the unwashed (literally sometimes) will have to do it.
Apr 24, 2016 | 6:01 pm
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Huh. To be honest I never had a hankering to go there...
I do like that all stories seem to dance around the very obvious "what happens if you refuse?" question....answers range from 'serious consequences' to 'we will apply the measures specified in the law'..well. WHAT ARE THEY?
Still, zero chance of this affecting me or anyone I know...
I do like that all stories seem to dance around the very obvious "what happens if you refuse?" question....answers range from 'serious consequences' to 'we will apply the measures specified in the law'..well. WHAT ARE THEY?
Still, zero chance of this affecting me or anyone I know...