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Topic: privacy

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Monday, 7/20, 07:33 PM

Burnham Scraps the Digital ID Scheme and Redirects the Money

  • The new UK prime minister is cancelling BritCard, the mandatory digital identity scheme announced last September, and putting the money toward cost-of-living measures.
  • A petition against it had gathered close to three million signatures.
  • Not everyone is pleased.
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Big US Summer Events Bring an Expanded Security and Surveillance Push

  • As the United States hosts the FIFA World Cup and marks its 250th anniversary, federal and local authorities are ramping up security technology, from counter-drone systems to facial recognition.
  • Officials call it necessary to protect huge crowds; civil-liberties groups warn the monitoring could outlast the events themselves.

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