Big Brother and Leon and "the most secure city in the world"

[mr bill]

Here's a scary story:

Big Brother: Eye-scanners being installed across one Mexican city

Mexico's sixth-largest city, Leon, is on the road to becoming a real-world version of Minority Report, the movie and short story that envision a future in which everyone is tracked wherever they go.

Fast Company reports that U.S. biometrics firm Global Rainmakers and its Mexican partner announced yesterday that they have begun installing iris-scanning technology in the city of more than 1 million in Guanajuato state, which the press release touts, without irony, as the place "where Mexican Independence was born." The companies aim "to fortify all aspects of life" to create "the most secure city in the world."

Full Story http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...an-city-/1

[jjrose]

Take a look at my blog post at http://tinyurl.com/29w9rnw


Track the sources for the Iris-scanning story, and decide for yourself. Isn't it just a little strange than the only source is the company's press release?

[doncoulter]

My reaction was the same, Jennifer. Perhaps the press release arrived at the USA Today offices on a slow news day.

In a similar vein, I keep hearing about all the surveillance cameras that have been installed in downtown Guanajuato. But no one seems able to point them out to me.

Don Coulter