Biometrie weltweit: Hier werden Protestierende mit #Gesichtserkennung verfolgt

"Indien nutzt Drohnen, um Teilnehmer*innen von Bauernprotesten zu identifizieren – und ihnen anschließend die Pässe zu entziehen. Im Iran bekommen Frauen, die von Kameras ohne Kopftuch gefilmt werden, automatisch eine SMS, die ihnen erklärt, dass sie jetzt ein Problem haben. Und in den USA jagt eine private Gruppierung mit Gesichtserkennung propalästinensische Demonstrierende, um sie ausweisen zu lassen.

Das ist nur eine kleine Auswahl der vielen Länder, in denen Gesichtserkennung gegen Protestierende eingesetzt wird. In mindestens 78 Ländern nutzen Behörden die Technologie, so eine Studie. Da die Erhebung von 2022 stammt, sind inzwischen vermutlich noch mehr Staaten beteiligt. Ob sie mit der Technologie auch Demonstrierende identifizieren, ist nicht immer eindeutig zu klären.

„Es ist ein massives Problem und es nimmt massiv zu“, sagt Christoffer Horlitz, Experte für Menschenrechte im digitalen Zeitalter bei Amnesty International Deutschland. Und er sieht keinen Grund zur Annahme, dass dieser Trend abnimmt...."

netzpolitik.org/2025/biometrie… via @netzpolitik_feed

#Repression #Protest #Überwachung #Biometrie #Technology #AI #KI #EU #Massenüberwachung #Antireport #Netzpolitik

Neben der rechten Ideologie des "Transhumanismus", den #ElonMusk mit #Neuralink-Hirnchips und ähnlichem vorantreiben möchte, sind Leute wie er auch Fans des Longtermismus, den sie mit ihrem Einfluss zu propagieren versuchen.

'As I have previously written, longtermism is arguably the most influential ideology that few members of the general public have ever heard about. Longtermists have directly influenced reports from the secretary-general of the United Nations; a longtermist is currently running the RAND Corporation; they have the ears of billionaires like Musk; and the so-called Effective Altruism community, which gave rise to the longtermist ideology, has a mind-boggling $46.1 billion in committed funding. Longtermism is everywhere behind the scenes — it has a huge following in the tech sector — and champions of this view are increasingly pulling the strings of both major world governments and the business elite.'

salon.com/2022/08/20/understan…

Sowie ein etwas neuerer, deutschsprachiger Artikel:

jacobin.de/artikel/effective-a…

#Longtermismus #Transhumanismus #Dystopie #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #AI #technoFascism #Technology #Tech #Rassismus #Kapitalismus

EU OS: Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a free Operating System for the EU public sector

EU OS is a Proof-of-Concept for the deployment of a Fedora-based Linux operating system with a KDE Plasma desktop environment in a typical public sector organisation. Other organisations with similar requirements or less strict requirements may also learn from this Proof-of-Concept.

It is led by a community of volunteers and enthusiasts. The project goal is to become a project of the European Commission.

Despite the name, EU OS is technically not a new operating system. Distrowatch lists currently over 250 Linux operating systems (‘distributions’) and their various flavours, spins or subvariants are not even counted in. The added value of EU OS is a different one:

• a common Linux OS as a base for all EU OS users with options to layer on top modifications (national layer, regional or sector-specific layer, organsation-specific layer)
• a common desktop environment
• a common method to manage
• users and their data
• software
• devices

The aims of this project are very similar to that of SAOSS (South African Open Source Software) but the advantage of the EU is that there are a number of firmly established OSS implementations already in place in a few countries within their public sector.

In South Africa, most of the initiatives within the public sector have died out, apart from maybe one municipal district in the Eastern Cape. I was part of one initiative in the South African public sector, and it passed with flying colours, but a change of political leadership very quickly killed off the project just one month before it was due for its permanent switch over.

So, I have three vital pieces of advice for any open source project within the public sector, and they have nothing at all to do with the technology:

1. Strike hard, fast, and with momentum when you have willing political leadership in place. If leadership changes there is a very good chance you could lose your sponsors, because in government a change of leadership does mean a different stance/focus (unlike in the private sector).
2. Do not take things for granted. A lack of opposition does not mean the private sector is behind you. Quite often with government, the Big Tech proprietary companies will stop engaging with IT managers, and they will engage at a political and non-technical level instead.
3. Smaller, local companies have a good chance of benefitting from open source when government drives it. You need to get them actively on your side with regard to training, support, customisation, etc. Standardisation is important here as they want to invest their time in one standard suite of products, not a wild west of different competing products. One approach is to involve them in this decision-making. They can still compete to provide the services.

See eu-os.gitlab.io/category/uncat…
#Blog, #EU, #opensource, #publicsector, #technology

Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!

forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton…

#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing

How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management

Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state
~ Blade Runner ~

"The UK is expanding its use of predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime, protest, and public safety. But the direction is clear: more monitoring, earlier intervention, and more control over dissent.

In early April, The Guardian revealed that the Ministry of Justice is developing a “murder prevention” system. The tool aims to identify individuals judged to be at high risk of committing lethal violence, based on data drawn from multiple agencies—social care, policing, education. The government has framed the project as a research initiative to improve risk assessments and early intervention. But its underlying logic marks a shift toward ‘precrime’—managing individuals on the basis of what they might do, rather than what they’ve done."

freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/11/…

#Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #FacialRecognition #AI #Technology #Repression #State #Protest #UK #Police #PoliceState