Surveillance is now about monitoring emotions, behavior and attitudes

Technocracy News & Trends for Thursday, May 9, 2019

With lack of regulations and legislation, ubiquitous surveillance is way beyond simple biometric identification and is now focussing on behaviors, including pre-crime analysis. Facial expressions, eye movements, gate, respiration, etc., are fed to AI algorithms to sense mood, personality and emotions.

Stories covered today

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