The US Government Wants Agents Wearing Face Scanners
The government is building glasses that turn a glance into a federal database query and the deployment date is already set.
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The government is building glasses that turn a glance into a federal database query and the deployment date is already set.
The country that once exported its parenting model to the world now wants to put ankle monitors on 13-year-olds who haven’t been charged with a crime.
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