Australia's unique use of facial recognition technology from tech startup Genvis, called a faceprint, has caused controversy, stoking privacy fears that it could become a world leader in regulating its use.
Let me introduce you to a term that is about to become 'all the rage', your faceprint, and it soon will replace your fingerprint as the primary means of identification. In Australia, a tech company called Genvis has struck it rich by supplying the government there with faceprint tools to track their citizens who have COVID. This has worked so wonderfully well during the pandemic that now this draconian technology is being rolled out to all citizens who want access to any government services.
"Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads." Ezekiel 3:8 (KJB)
The Genvis site says "What started with the introduction of a simple Q.R. code based travel permit system to manage the travel restrictions that came into effect in March 2020 has evolved into a comprehensive platform that powers much of Western Australia’s COVID response in support of the state’s elimination strategy. The G2G app uses facial recognition to confirm the identity of people in quarantine and location services to verify their location. A full-scale quarantine management solution, G2G Now saves significant police resources and is an Australian first." If you need that translated, it reads like this. "We used the pandemic to rollout hyper-invasive faceprint tracking technology, and that worked so well we will now be using it on all citizens for their every interaction for any government service".
One of the oh-so-catchy slogans created by the Genvis marketing team is "we'll contact you when it's time to check-in". Oh yeah, man, I bet you will. I believe the Eagles said it best when they sang "You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave." Thank you very much, but I will not be checking-in.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/australia-government-using-g2g-faceprint-technology-from-genvis-to-track-citizens-covid/
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