‘Megalomaniac Ambition for Total Control’: Governments Eye New Gates-Funded Biometric Digital ID System
The Modular Open Source Identity Platform, modeled after India’s biometric database, is expanding globally despite controversy over consent and data protections, but privacy advocates warn the Gates Foundation-funded digital ID initiative could enable tracking citizens “from cradle to grave.” Spurred in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and the push for digital vaccine “passports,” a growing…