France Set to Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program

[loyola llothta]

Technology
France Set to Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program

October 3, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT

• Digital identity enrollment app to be rolled out in November
• Privacy, absence of consent and security among concerns raised

Face It, You're Being Watched
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.



French interior ministry’s Alicem publicity image.


“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.

Digital Identities
With the move, France will join states around the world rushing to create “digital identities” to give citizens secure access to everything from their taxes and banks to social security and utility bills. Singapore uses facial recognition and has signed an accord to help the U.K. prepare its own ID system. India uses iris scans.


France says the ID system won’t be used to keep tabs on residents. Unlike in China and Singapore, the country won’t be integrating the facial recognition biometric into citizens’ identity databases. In fact, the interior ministry, which developed the Alicem app, says the facial recognition data collected will be deleted when the enrollment process is over. That hasn’t stopped people from worrying about its potential misuse.

“Rushing into facial recognition at this point is a major risk” because of uncertainties on its final use, said Didier Baichere, a governing-party lawmaker who sits on the Parliament’s “future technologies” commission and is the author of a July report on the subject. Allowing mass-usage before putting in place proper checks and balances is “ludicrous,” he said.

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[MischievousMonkey]

A few more years and I'm out

fukk that

 

[Silver Surfer]

This will eventually make it's way nationwide to the US....inevitable

 

[goatmane]

How dumb do they think people are?


France says the ID system won’t be used to keep tabs on residents. Unlike in China and Singapore, the country won’t be integrating the facial recognition biometric into citizens’ identity databases. In fact, the interior ministry, which developed the Alicem app, says the facial recognition data collected will be deleted when the enrollment process is over. That hasn’t stopped people from worrying about its potential misus

 

[bigdaddy88]

We've been warning nikkas but hey

Smart homes,smart cities, its all about connecting everything and everybody. they will sell u either convenience or fear but folks will just accept this...


China's surveillance tech is spreading globally, raising concerns about Beijing's influence

 

[bigdaddy88]

How dumb do they think people are?


France says the ID system won’t be used to keep tabs on residents. Unlike in China and Singapore, the country won’t be integrating the facial recognition biometric into citizens’ identity databases. In fact, the interior ministry, which developed the Alicem app, says the facial recognition data collected will be deleted when the enrollment process is over. That hasn’t stopped people from worrying about its potential misus

Yea they need a terror event to give them an excuse and people will say yea sure as long as am safe

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Yea they need a terror event to give them an excuse and people will say yea sure as long as am safe

100%

Expect Muhammad bin Such & Such and some Al-BlowyaUp group to pop out of nowhere in the next 10 years. Giving the impetus for facial recognition in the US.

CIA probably training them right now....and then the terrorists will all die the same day.

 

[Originalman]

We've been warning nikkas but hey

Smart homes,smart cities, its all about connecting everything and everybody. they will sell u either convenience or fear but folks will just accept this...


China's surveillance tech is spreading globally, raising concerns about Beijing's influence

Truff

 

[loyola llothta]

We've been warning nikkas but hey

Smart homes,smart cities, its all about connecting everything and everybody. they will sell u either convenience or fear but folks will just accept this...


China's surveillance tech is spreading globally, raising concerns about Beijing's influence

Its not Beijing influence .

the west were planning to do this since day one.... its just China did it first commercially .


People fail to understand where do japan, América, france, Europe get the resources for the smart tech boom... apple , smart phones, Toyota


Mining África rare minerals

 

[The Fade]

Its not Beijing influence .

the west were planning to do this since day one.... its just China did it first commercially .


People fail to understand where do japan, América, france, Europe get the resources for the smart tech boom... apple , smart phones, Toyota


Mining África rare minerals

What would Economically happen if Africans made foreigners pay full price for its resources

 

[newworldafro]

This will eventually make it's way nationwide to the US....inevitable

It's not inevitable.
It's just whether we accept it or not.
Simpliest way is voting for leaders that care.

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

@bnew

1984/ Brave New world on the way

 

[CashmereThoughts]

This will eventually make it's way nationwide to the US....inevitable

Already decided they just gonna roll it out like democracy has something to do with the decision

 

[Dave24]

 

[bnew]

@bnew

1984/ Brave New world on the way

the march to a cyberpunk dystopia continues.

the french are known for their protests so i'm hoping they can educate the public on the dangers of this plan by the government before its too late.

i don't believe for one second they'll delete any data collected. they'll need that data to compare to new photos taken in 10+ years time to see how well their algorithms hold up with a before and after.

they'll start off with false promises and as soon as people are placated and use to it , they'll use this tech to infest every facet of society.

the social security number in the united states was only suppose to be used for tracking multiple bank accounts for an individual. now it's used for all sorts of identification purposes.