Ken Macon
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Mayor of Nice calls for facial recognition in public places
Privacy invasion to make mass arrests easier.
Tim Hortons app constantly tracked users, noted when they visited rivals
Extensive surveillance.
UK movie theaters to use digital IDs for kids
Normalizing the use of digital ID.
Canada proposes allowing border agents to search people’s phones, emails, texts, photos
Privacy groups are pushing back.
California to test new digital ID
A new digital driver’s license.
Apple makes further push into digital IDs, with driver’s licenses now in Maryland
The second US state to join.
Police in Ireland are criticized for extensive facial recognition use
Civil liberties groups push back.
Amazon to bring AI driver monitoring to the UK
Complete surveillance.
Rapidly increasing surveillance products used to tackle gun crime are raising privacy concerns
“We have no idea how this can be used.”
SWIFT begins preparing for centrally-controlled digital currencies
Government-controlled currencies.