The odd reality of life under China’s all-seeing credit score system
"Here are some lesser-known examples of the social credit system’s real-life applications, from hospitals to K-pop."
ACLU sues ICE after it ignores requests for license plate reader records
"ICE apparently failed to turn over records after multiple requests. In December, ICE purchased access to two databases of automated license-plate reader data."
John Whitehead: A Graduation Message for a Dark Age
"Overcoming the evils of our age will require more than intellect and activism. It will require decency, morality, goodness, truth and toughness."
Pentagon Plans To Identify All Smartphone Users By Gait, Wrist Tension
"The Defense Department is funding a project that officials say could revolutionize the way companies, federal agencies and the military itself verify that people are who they say they are and it could be available in most commercial smartphones within two years."
The Building Backlash of America’s Economically Forgotten
"Guess where the economically forgotten people live? The majority of these 'ALICE' households live in America’s largest cities."
John Whitehead: The Age of Petty Tyrannies
"70 years ago, one out of every 20 U.S. jobs required a state license; today, almost 1 in 3 American occupations requires a license."
Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police
"Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly."
UK Police’s Facial Recognition Systems Are Wrong Up To 98% Of The Time
"A staggering 95% of the facial recognition system’s 'matches' were actually wrongly identifying innocent people."
Amazon is selling police departments a real-time facial recognition system
"Rekognition is currently used by police in Orlando and Oregon’s Washington County, often using nondisclosure agreements to avoid public disclosure."
E-Driver’s Licenses Enable Round-the-Clock Surveillance
"This fully electronic license, which is encoded into smartphones, will grant police officers the power to monitor citizens without even having to conduct routine traffic stops."