This is an excellent article by the New York Times reproduce here – it’s long and according to my hands-on experience with our voting machines and discussions with staff at the Boulder NIST, every word is true.

What happens when “standard room searches” occur at a security conference with ~25,000 attendees? All hell breaks loose.

A previous article mentioned that the UK was piloting a new program for fingerprinting people on the street so this is not new. What is new is the economics of a broader rollout.

There’s one reason Facebook lost billions today: invading your privacy makes others money. Respecting people’s privacy impacts the bottom line.