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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

France Starts Nationwide Facial Recognition

To do personal identification apparently.   China is also underway.  Note the linking to 'biometric identity databases'.  Challenges are starting.   Though they make a point of using it for Identifying, not monitoring.    But how might it be legally deliverable.   In places like the UK, where camera systems are very common, it would seem the capture and conversion of such data would be even easier, and quality standards could be increased as cameras were updated.

France Set to Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program
Bloomberg by Helene Fouquet

France is set to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to provide its citizens secure digital identities. The French government is moving forward with plans to roll out an ID program called Alicem in November, with the goal of making the state more efficient. However, a privacy group is challenging the initiative in France's highest administrative court, and the country's data regulator says the program breaches the European rule of consent. In addition, a hacker was able to break into a "secure" government messaging app earlier this year, raising concerns about the state's security standards. French officials claim the ID system will not be used to monitor residents, and will not integrate facial recognition biometric data into citizens' identity databases. .... 

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