In France, there was a program that began being put in place where if you tested positive, you were monitored to see if you violated quarantine protocols. Seriously. Your phone was monitored to make sure you stayed out of the public for two weeks.
I know what you're thinking.
"Well shoot clob, just leave your phone at home and go do whatever you want."
Mmmkay. That's all fine and dandy if they didn't know what your face looked like. Paris, like London, is one of the most security camera laden cities in the world. Your face pops up on any camera in France and you're almost instantly recognized by facial recognition software. We use it all the time here.
"But Clob, if I'm wearing a mask then they can't see muh face!"
Guess what? Biometric software isn't limited to "just" your face. Get close enough to a camera and they can use your eyes to ID you.
"Ha clob! I've got you now. What if I'm wearing a mask AND sunglasses?"
Well, in that case-- biometric AI also can look at your build, how you walk, other factors that are unique about your body, and start drawing conclusions real quick about your identity.
"Clob-- are you telling me that they have a data base and software that studies how people move physically?"
Yes sir. Governments are in the process of building that data base as we speak. They started building the facial ID data base about 13 years ago. Right around the time smart phones with cameras started showing up.
None of this stuff is supposed to be legal in this country. But it's being done, none the less. Get
@GuaranteedFresh! Back in here and ask him about the DODs intelligence apparatus and how incredibly intricate it is. Dude left the military a decade or so ago and I promise you with 100% certainty that there's still some things he's not allowed to discuss. Things that are over a decade old.