Gaza reconstruction draws questions on digital wallets, biometric surveillance
U.S. conservative think tank, the Hudson Institute, has published an analysis on introducing digital wallets in Gaza, noting that careful…
Palestine
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Israel seeks funding for plan to require facial recognition in exchange for food in Gaza
Israel’s cabinet has approved a controversial plan to reorganize and put new limits on the distribution of food aid in…
Israel is introducing new biometric technology on the border of West Bank: report
Israel has been quietly introducing new biometric border technology for Palestinians traveling between the country and the Palestinian territory of…
Campaign urges UK to bypass biometrics to reunite Gaza families
A coalition of groups in law, human rights and charitable work is petitioning the UK government to implement a visa…
Myanmar seeks China’s input on ID system, Israel’s facial recognition bill faces backlash
Myanmar is seeking input from China on introducing a biometric identification system, a project that has raised concern among rights…
Amnesty wants end to surveillance infrastructure in Palestine
Amnesty International is decrying the Israeli government’s use of experimental facial recognition known as Red Wolf, which can be linked…
Have governments stopped trying to finesse intense face biometrics projects?
Israel and India are building facial recognition surveillance projects that seem consciously designed to aggravate specific fears held by privacy…
Cybernetica to provide data layer for digital ID and government services to Palestine
Estonian software company Cybernetica is collaborating with the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (part of the government of…
Biometrics shipment to Palestinian Authority mysteriously released after being confiscated
Four years after Israel approved the Palestinian Authority’s plan to install biometric passport systems — and almost a year after…
