Facialized: US to Force Mugshots From All Citizen Travelers

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-billion-surveillance-cameras-forecast-to-be-watching-within-two-years-11575565402

The world, you, are all so completely fucked.

As governments and companies invest more in security networks,
hundreds of millions more surveillance cameras will be watching the
world in 2021, mostly in China, according to a new report. From a
report: The report, from industry researcher IHS Market, to be
released Thursday, said the number of cameras used for surveillance
would climb above 1 billion by the end of 2021. That would represent
an almost 30% increase from the 770 million cameras today. China would
continue to account for a little over half the total. Fast-growing,
populous nations such as India, Brazil and Indonesia would also help
drive growth in the sector, the report said. IHS analyst Oliver
Philippou said government programs to implement widespread video
surveillance to monitor the public would be the biggest catalyst for
the growth in China. City surveillance also was driving demand
elsewhere.


https://betanews.com/2019/12/04/biometric-data-by-country/

When it comes to the extensive and invasive use of biometric data, the
USA is one of the worst offenders in the world, faring only slightly
better than China. According to research conducted by Comparitech,
which rated 50 countries according to how, where and why biometrics
were taken and how they are stored, the U.S. ranked as the fourth
worst country. Topping the list is China, followed by Malaysia and
Pakistan.
While Comparitech did not look at every country in the world, its
study did compare 50 of them. To give a country a rating out of 25,
each was rated out of five in four categories (storage, CCTV,
workplace, and visas) according to how invasive and pervasive and the
collection and use of biometrics is. Five questions were also applied
to them, with each answer in the affirmative resulting in one point.
[The five questions are available in the report.] The U.S. was
assigned a score of 20/25 for its heavy use of biometrics, including
growing use of facial recognition, without there being specific laws
to protect citizens' data. There was concern at the growing use of
biometrics in the workplace. At the other end of the league are
Ireland and Portugal, both praised for their small or non-existent
biometric databases. Both scored 11 points.