Topic: Face Scanning

The city of Austin is reportedly installing face scanning cameras on numerous street corners. Citizens are encouraged to carry their own cameras to document interactions with public officials, asserting that if the government can film the public, the public should be able to film public servants.

Biometric Access systems are expanding into New York agencies and retail locations like HEB and Kroger in Houston. Reports detail school children in Illinois, Michigan, and Philadelphia using thumb scans for lunches, while Super Bowl attendees were subjected to facial recognition technology.

Pedestrians in Austin are confronted regarding their awareness of new face-scanning cameras allegedly linked to the FBI and National Security Agency. While city officials claim the hardware is for traffic control, the technology matches live images against driver's license databases. These surveillance measures are characterized as an abolition of the Fourth Amendment following government funding of overseas entities reported by the BBC.