Facialized: By France Liberte de Alicem

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-03/french-liberte-tested-by-nationwide-facial-recognition-id-plan

France is poised to become the first European country to use facial
recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital identity --
whether they want it or not. Saying it wants to make the state more
efficient, President Emmanuel Macron's government is pushing through
plans to roll out an ID program, dubbed Alicem, in November, earlier
than an initial Christmas target. The country's data regulator says
the program breaches the European rule of consent and a privacy group
is challenging it in France's highest administrative court. It took a
hacker just over an hour to break into a "secure" government messaging
app this year, raising concerns about the state's security standards.
None of that is deterring the French interior ministry. "The
government wants to funnel people to use Alicem and facial
recognition," said Martin Drago, a lawyer member of the privacy group
La Quadrature du Net that filed the suit against the state. "We're
heading into mass usage of facial recognition. (There's) little
interest in the importance of consent and choice." The case, filed in
July, won't suspend Alicem.