[martinald]

But there's really good reason for this. On the app it can use NFC to read your passport data exactly. Until WebNFC supports reading passports, it is a much more efficient way.

It's not like they are getting some long term benefit of having the app on your phone. It's just because WebNFC can't read passports.

[hsiudh]

That is not a `good reason`, that is `convenience` and it shouldn't be used to push to install an app from increasingly hostile nations/corporations.

> It's not like they are getting some long term benefit of having the app on your phone. It's just because WebNFC can't read passports.

The same way we complain that Facebook, Tiktok, etc gather too much data from app install, so can a government agency.

[martinald]

You are literally sharing biometric passport information with the government for an ETA in this app. Information sharing is the whole point.