Posts with tag biometrics

Cashless Biometrics and India’s Demonetization Experiment

James Corbett, January 24 2017

...the effort to biometrically register the population and the transition to cashless economy are  intimately related....  the latest word from Davos is India will to skip over card-based cashless payments and go straight to biometric e-payments.

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Biometric ID Around the World

James Corbett, February 1 2017

President Trump’s new Executive Order on “terrorist” (sic) entry calls on the Department of Homeland Security to “expedite the completion and implementation of a biometric entry-exit tracking system for all travelers to the United States.”

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Venezuela Joins the Social Credit Club

James Corbett, December 15 2018

...this system is being lusted after by would-be tyrants in every corner of the globe. This month's case-in-point: Venezuela! That's right, citizens of everyone's favorite socialist paradise are about to be treated to a new ID card...

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The World’s Largest (Democratic!) Biometric Prison

James Corbett, October 5 2019

Yes, biometric ID is rolling out in India and over a billion people are being locked away behind its electronic bars.

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