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Here’s how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds (privacyinternational.org)

submitted 1 year ago by mwalimu@baraza.africa to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/317062

As well as equipping and training security agencies in surveillance, the Fund is being used to bankroll the development of mass-scale biometric identity systems across the African continent and is awarding lucrative contracts to well-connected European security companies in the process.

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[–] pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Holy fuck! This cannot be happening, what happened to the EU we voted for in the 90s?