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Singapore’s use of facial verification in ID scheme stirs privacy fears

Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Singapore’s more than four million residents will have to use facial verification technology to access government services through the national identity scheme, a move criticised as intrusive and heavy-handed by privacy advocates. Facial verification, which works by scanning someone’s face and matching it with a database image, is already used widely […]