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The same company which the Trump administration is pushing Americans into giving all their data to, including biometric facial scans, to get their "Real ID," is accused by human rights groups of helping the Egyptian military government crack down on its opponents and critics. IDEMIA already makes and runs the state driver's license systems in the majority of US states.
If the Trump push to have all Americans get Real ID succeeds, this is who will have every bit of data on you about everything in your life, including medical, financial, Internet use, and transactions history. These will link to the giant AI data centers that Trump is so rapidly building out.
“Orwellian surveillance and control architecture“
The group International Federation for Human Rights, in “Egypt, A Repression Made in France,” writes:
“A new report reveals today how the French State and several French companies have participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment. By supplying Egyptian security services and law enforcement agencies with powerful digital tools, they have helped establish an Orwellian surveillance and control architecture that is being used to eradicate all forms of dissent and citizen action. In the face of this new scandal over French exports of arms and dual-use technology, our organisations seek the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry and an immediate end to these exports….
…some companies have sold to the security services technologies for individual surveillance (AMESYS/NEXA/AM Systems); mass interception (SUNERIS/ERCOM); personal data collection (IDEMIA)….. In so doing, they have all participated in the construction of a widespread surveillance and crowd control architecture aimed at preventing all dissent and social movement and leading to the arrest of tens of thousands of opponents and activists.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre writes:
“NGOs accuse French companies of contributing to state repression in Egypt, mixed response from companies
In July 2018, a group of international, French, and Egyptian NGOs published a report accusing several French companies of profiting from Egypt’s military crackdown on dissent. According to the report, these companies have “participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment.” ...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Ercom, IDEMIA, Manurhin, MBDA, Naval Group, Safran, Thales, and Volvo. Only Airbus, IDEMIA, Thales, and Volvo provided responses (available below).”
If the Trump push to have all Americans get Real ID succeeds, this is who will have every bit of data on you about everything in your life, including medical, financial, Internet use, and transactions history. These will link to the giant AI data centers that Trump is so rapidly building out.
“Orwellian surveillance and control architecture“
The group International Federation for Human Rights, in “Egypt, A Repression Made in France,” writes:
“A new report reveals today how the French State and several French companies have participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment. By supplying Egyptian security services and law enforcement agencies with powerful digital tools, they have helped establish an Orwellian surveillance and control architecture that is being used to eradicate all forms of dissent and citizen action. In the face of this new scandal over French exports of arms and dual-use technology, our organisations seek the establishment of a parliamentary inquiry and an immediate end to these exports….
…some companies have sold to the security services technologies for individual surveillance (AMESYS/NEXA/AM Systems); mass interception (SUNERIS/ERCOM); personal data collection (IDEMIA)….. In so doing, they have all participated in the construction of a widespread surveillance and crowd control architecture aimed at preventing all dissent and social movement and leading to the arrest of tens of thousands of opponents and activists.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre writes:
“NGOs accuse French companies of contributing to state repression in Egypt, mixed response from companies
In July 2018, a group of international, French, and Egyptian NGOs published a report accusing several French companies of profiting from Egypt’s military crackdown on dissent. According to the report, these companies have “participated in the bloody Egyptian repression of the past five years by supplying Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime with military and surveillance equipment.” ...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Ercom, IDEMIA, Manurhin, MBDA, Naval Group, Safran, Thales, and Volvo. Only Airbus, IDEMIA, Thales, and Volvo provided responses (available below).”
