Has anyone been reading about the raise in popularity in iris scanner technology (link)? A city in Mexico is making a point to, in essence, make the safest city in the world. To do this they're going to place eye scanners all over the place. They say it's for law enforcement and marketing uses, but it seems that this is a huge invasion of privacy. For example, once someone gets convicted such as shoplifting, every time they walk into a store the iris scanner will alert the manager that they are there.
The company who is trying to make all cities like this claims that there will be no reason to carry around a drivers license or credit card, all you need is your eye. They want to ID you for everything from getting into your car, to picking up prescriptions, to accessing medical records. Their plan is that within the next 10 years every person on the planet will be in the database. Criminals will automatically be in the system, and law-abiding citizens and really smart criminals who haven't been caught will have the option, but because they expect the masses to come out and want to be in the database, opting out isn't an option.
I think this is utter bullshit and am considering gouging out my eyes before it comes to this.
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