The national digital ID will be a version of MyGovID that Australians currently utilize for the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink and Medicare access and will be enlarged to encompass state, territory and private sector organizations opting to participate. Consolidated identification allows for more tracking.
Makers of Parmigiano-Reggiano in Italy are adding microchips to their cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters selling knock-offs. Although the chips are reported to be edible, placed on a food-safe label, and cannot be read remotely, critics are concerned about tracking and safety in the case of ingestion.
The Wristband was issued to returning domestic travelers. The device is connected to a phone, checks body temperature every five minutes and has access to phone location, camera, and microphone. Some of the wristbands were reportedly withdrawn after backlash surfaced on Chinese microblogging site Weibo.
When there is an increase in the public administration's ability to classify, predict and control citizens' behavior using large amounts of digital data, the balance of power between citizen and state is shifted. Many people already hand over their purchase data to supermarkets in the form of loyalty programs.
Through the magic of Internet meme culture, most Millennials will be familiar with the famous opening scene of the 1942 film, “Casablanca,” where two policemen stop a civilian in the “old Moorish section” of Nazi-occupied French Morocco and ask him for his “papers.” The subject is taken away at once after failing to produce the required documents.
This may be yet another example of how YouTube practices a type of censorship that does NOT involve removing “objectionable” material, but perhaps simply prevents any propagation of material that goes against the gospel of this world. Father Peter Heers delievers a stunning translation of a letter written in April of this year by one of the Athonite elders, who broke his silence to make clear the difference between his own point of view about the coronavirus pandemic and what is being attributed to him, often thoughts that he does not hold at
