Singapore’s world-first face scan plan sparks privacy fears
Published on: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Published on: Thu, Oct 22, 2020
By: AFP
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Lee demonstrating the use of the technology on his mobile phone.
SINGAPORE: Singapore will become the world’s first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.