Identity Dominance

[Turgon]

http://arstechnica.com/information-...-biometrics-with-identity-dominance-system-2/

Starting in 2007, the US military fielded a set of biometric tools in Afghanistan intended to achieve what the Defense Department calls "identity dominance"—the ability to identify and track every single human being in the country, ...

The Navy and Marine Corps are looking to upgrade biometric tools used by forces in the field and at sea that would give them the power to identify individuals both up close and at a distance. In an announcement kicking off the Identity Dominance System (IDS) 2 program, the Marine Corps Systems Command put out a call for information on potential sources for portable systems to collect everything from voice and gait data to DNA samples—tools that would turn troops in the field into high-powered forensics investigators and create profiles to track every human they encounter.

EDIT: http://arstechnica.com/science/2015...e-more-patterns-in-randomness-apparently-not/

 

[Turgon]

Following on from the edit above - it seems it's the rise of the tinfoil apologists now:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/if-youre-not-paranoid-youre-crazy/407833/

If You’re Not Paranoid, You’re Crazy

As government agencies and tech companies develop more and more intrusive means of watching and influencing people, how can we live free lives?

A one-time-skeptic makes a personal journey down the rabbit hole. If you have trouble understanding or empathizing with the more paranoid among you - this article may help.