Moscow officially turns on facial recognition for its city-wide camera network

 Like many cities, Moscow has an enormous network of CCTV cameras, but unlike many cities, thousands of those cameras are now hooked up to a powerful facial recognition system that can track criminals (and trash collectors) wherever they go. The privacy implications are serious, of course, but a large scale rollout like this will help make them part of the public discussion. The facial… Read More

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Moscow officially turns on facial recognition for its city-wide camera network

You can buy subway tickets with squats in Moscow

Not everything in Russia is crazy people in cars, anti-gay mobs and a Nazi government with no respect to human rights. Here’s something that I wish we had: a machine that gives you a subway ticket for 30 squats in less than two minutes. Read more…        

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You can buy subway tickets with squats in Moscow