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Will national facial-recognition programs be a new normal?

Summary

• Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that Macron’s government was moving on an accelerated timeline to roll out the new national digital-identity program Alicem by Nov 2019.
• Alicem will streamline residents’ access to FranceConnect, which offers a single login for 500+ state and local government services (e.g. tax payments, healthcare reimbursements) and private institutions such as banks.
• Alicem is causing a furor for how it is applying facial recognition technology.
• With Alicem, France joins a growing group of nations applying broad-based facial recognition to their residents and/or citizenry.

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