Over the past few months, I have written several articles dealing with
the coming cashless society and the developing technological control
grid. I also have written about the surge of government attempts to gain
access to and force the use of biometric data for the purposes of
identification, tracking, tracing, and surveillance.
Unfortunately, the reactions I receive from the general public are
almost always the same.
While some recognize the danger, most simply
deny that governments have the capability or even the desire to create a
system in which the population is constantly monitored by virtue of
their most private and even biological information. Others, either
gripped by apathy or ignorance, cannot believe that the gadgets given to
them from the massive tech corporations are designed for anything other
than their entertainment and enjoyment.
However, current events in India should serve not just as a warning,
but also as a foreshadowing of the events to come in the Western world,
specifically the United States.
Recently, India has launched a nationwide program
involving the allocation of a Unique Identification Number (UID) to
every single one of its 1.2 billion residents. Each of the numbers will
be tied to the biometric data of the recipient using three different
forms of information – fingerprints, iris scans, and pictures of the
face. All ten digits of the hand will be recorded, and both eyes will be
scanned.
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