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.
Privacy advocates panic and try to avoid a national DNA database, but it’s already here and in active use.