Re:Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State
by rohit2412 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @11:38AM
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> A biometric ID is as obviously a lynchpin of a surveillance state as the necessity of a unique key to run a database.
That's disingenuous. A government is also a lynchpin for a surveillance state, so you'll support anarchy?
A biometric id is very useful for various purposes. Subsidy targeting, financial inclusion, simplification of various datasets, and cracking down on tax evasion to name a few.
That's disingenuous. A government is also a lynchpin for a surveillance state, so you'll support anarchy?
A biometric id is very useful for various purposes. Subsidy targeting, financial inclusion, simplification of various datasets, and cracking down on tax evasion to name a few.