Vaccine passports or certificates
Global Landscape on Vaccine ID Passports Series by Corey Lynn (Summer 2021):
Part 1: The Global Landscape on Vaccine ID Passports and Where It’s Headed
Part 2: How Your Digital Identity Is Moving to The Blockchain for Full Control Over Humans
Part 3: The Key Implementers of Your Digital Identity onto The Blockchain
Part 4: BLOCKCHAINED
Alison McDowell @Philly852 (21/12-21): "I'm sure the timing of the April 2019 release of this Rockefeller, Open Society, Omidyar Network - digital ID unlocks economic value - report by McKinsey is purely coincidental." Digital identification - A key to inclusive growth by McKinsey Global Institute (April 2019)
NEW RAPID PCR TESTS AT DUBAI AIRPORTS TO GIVE RESULTS IN 3-4 HOURS (19/5-21): "Vaccine passports would be like mobile phone wallets, which process payments without notifying the merchant of the money the user has in the bank." Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports.
Rapid PCR test lab at Dubai Airports to produce results in 3-4 hours (19/5-21): The CEO said if biometric vaccine passports are up and running across the world, then it can be a possible substitute for PCR tests over time.
How Did Bill Gates Know ‘We’ll All Need Vaccine Passports’ Back in June 2020? (19/5-21): Despite protestations from the mainstream’s corporate ‘fact-checkers’ – all insisting that vaccine mogul Gates never said we’d all need digital vaccine passports in the coming ‘new normal,’ Gates actually said those very words in a June 2020 TED Talk. It appears that TED operatives had edited out Gates’ statement, but Childrens Health Defense has tracked down the original. /link to the video above/
People in the UK wonder why these are on the NHS app if that data is never going to be added!?! (19/5-21)
What does e.g. your or your family’s ‘behaviour’ have to do with your vaccine status?!?
Rather worrying and millions are asking for this without even looking at it!!!
Digital ID control system and social credit system on the horizon... Otherwise why would these statements be needed for as NHS application!? Sinister indeed.
It's never been about our health nor virus!!! Do not take a jab! Do not consent! Do not comply! Or we'll be doomed. Not only those living in the UK, make no mistake!!!
NHS vaccine passports are here – but will they be used beyond international travel? (19/5-21): England’s NHS vaccine passport has arrived, and with it the promise of a return to international travel unencumbered by swab tests or lengthy periods of quarantine. Most people will have received this news with excitement, but it’s my job to look closer at what’s going on behind the app. And what I found is troubling.
Your NHS app collects HUGE amount of personal data to unlock vaccine passport, says expert (19/5-21): THE NHS app this week launched its so-called "vaccine passport" feature. This can be shown when travelling abroad to prove that you've received both doses of the coronavirus jab. But that's far from the only data it's storing on you, one expert has claimed.
Professor Boiten said: "Its purpose is NOT just international travel (which I supported generally), but the broader 'unlocking', which has all sorts of surveillance and inequality impacts."
Vaccine passports: The answer to re-opening the UK economy? (19/5-21): The UK government has announced people will be able to prove their vaccine status via the NHS app, but the scheme raises questions about fairness, privacy, and implementation.
"Even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, digital health passports will remain a useful tool for officials to confirm that travelers have received any necessary vaccinations or medical checks that a country requires for travel."
"Report found 40% of European & 30% of US employees ready to return to office, employers need to prepare for array of privacy, ethical, legal & compliance challenges as they plan to leverage vaccine passports to return some employees to the office."
Pandemic Technology Project: What England’s new vaccine passport could mean for covid tech’s next act (19/5-21): As more countries roll out systems for proving that people are immunized, they can learn from last year’s flood of covid apps.
Vaccine Passports and “Medical Paternalism” (18/5-21): Vaccine passports have been implemented, or are being developed, in a number of countries around the world. In February 2021, Israel introduced its “Green Pass,” which becomes “effective the week after receiving the second dose” of the vaccine and expires after six months. It was *followed by China, which launched its digital “International Travel Health Certificate” in March. Subsequently, in April, Denmark implemented its “Coronapas” and Estonia introduced its “VaccineGuard.” Although the United States government recently dismissed the idea of a national vaccine passport, the state of New York has already launched its own “Excelsior Pass,” and several other states are developing similar programs, whereas South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Florida, Texas and Arizona have banned the use of COVID-19 immunity passports within their borders. Other countries have also announced their intentions to launch vaccine passports in the near future, including: the United Kingdom, which will be using an NHS (National Health Service) phone app as its COVID-19 vaccine passport starting on May 17th; and, the European Union, which is planning to “facilitate free movement inside the EU” with its “Digital Green Certificate” as of June.
In addition to prohibiting unvaccinated people from travelling (e.g., boarding airplanes, staying at hotels, etc.), these electronic documents are already being used to prevent them from attending social and cultural events at stadiums, theaters, and museums. Unvaccinated citizens are also not being permitted to enter a variety of other venues and businesses like gyms, dance clubs and studios, swimming pools, hair salons, wedding halls, tattoo parlours, restaurants, and coffee shops, among others. Essentially, the implementation of vaccine passports has led to a situation where governments protect the rights and freedoms of vaccinated citizens, while infringing upon those of their unvaccinated counterparts.
The ultimate goal of vaccine passports, which are based on the notion of “health paternalism,” is to coerce people into accepting injections of the experimental vaccines that have been incessantly promoted by politicians, mainstream news, and unelected medical experts for many months.
Acuant and Airside Partner to Make Privacy First Digital ID for a Secure Reopening of Borders and Economies (19/5-21): The new Airside Digital Identity App provides robust identity verification and secure sharing of IDs, and COVID health status information.
If their propaganda leaves you indifferent... Ugh, it made me furious:
Vaccine Passports are Digital ID Management Platforms.
"Whether it be for travel and tourism, hospitality, e-commerce, financial services or building/venue access, organizations".
"Consent-based sharing of biometrics for seamless, touchless experiences"
Acuant and Airside target pre-COVID normalcy with new identity verification solution (19/5-21): The privacy-first solution allows quick identification and easy access to COVID test results
Covid19 was always about creating digital identity. And this entire clusterfuck. Is this finally becoming (crystal) clear?!? ANA invites passengers with NFC phones to pilot IATA digital travel pass (17/5-21)
Coercion: Vaccine Passports: Now Coming in From All Angles (14/5-21): "A worldwide effort is underway by big tech to manufacture consent for an all-encompassing digital identification system, and it’s noted that its main selling point has been coercion. We have been told that without such systems we will never be able to return to work or university, never be able allowed to travel, or never be allowed to participate normally in the economy without them.
While this system is being introduced in this way via coercion, it is essential to point out that coercion is a built-in part of the infrastructure and, if implemented, will be used to modify our behaviours to greater effect. All they must do is introduce a new variant (Indian) and hey presto the scheme can be expanded into more and more areas of our life.
There is no doubt in my mind that vaccine passports will be a regular feature for many people in the years to come, all evolving while we move through checkpoints that are frequently under government control."
Dr Mike Yeadon's appeal: "Halt Vaccine Passports! It’s illegal, medical apartheid." (7/5-21): DO NOT ALLOW THIS SYSTEM TO START UP, because it’s unstoppable afterwards.
Yeah, it's just a temporary vax pass, my ass!!! Not only that, straight to social credit system and digital credentials too?!? WAKE UP, people!!! — IBM enthusiastically explains what are vaccine and digital health passports, and adds:
"Digital credentials have uses beyond pandemic management as well. Schools could use them to oversee the health requirements they have for attendance or for participation in sports. Employers could use them to manage any health clearances they require for employees without having to maintain records that contain private health information. Many situations in which organization need health information from people could ultimate benefit from digital health passports."
"Even after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, digital health passports will remain a useful tool for officials to confirm that travelers have received any necessary vaccinations or medical checks that a country requires for travel."
An Interview with Dr Mike Yeadon – “Vaccine Passports are a gateway to mass killing, in the billions” (1/5-21): DR MIKE YEADON has described how creating lethal pathogens that can kill at different points in time is “easy” and says this is being used for “mass global extermination”. He fears vaccine passports is the next step in the plan and is now looking to leave the UK.
EU COVID-19 certificate must facilitate free movement without discrimination (29/4-21) — Yeah, right.
MEPs agreed that the new “EU COVID-19 certificate” - instead of Digital Green Certificate, as proposed by the Commission - should be in place for 12 months and not longer.
The document, which may be in digital or paper format, will attest that a person has been vaccinated against coronavirus or, alternatively, that they have a recent negative test result or have recovered from the infection. However, EU COVID-19 certificates will neither serve as travel document nor become a precondition to exercise the right to free movement, say MEPs.
EU Parliament: COVID-19 pass should guarantee free movement (29/4-21)
Vaccine Passports Poised to Serve Private Sector Interests + More (29/4-21): The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
Legal worries on EU's 'green certificates' for Covid travel (28/4-21): With vaccinated Europeans travellers separated from non-vaccinated, infected from non-infected, and immune from non-immune—the digital green certificate, if applied, would be a guarantee of discrimination within the EU.
Request to vote against EU Digital Green Certificate Regulation (26/4-21): This Wednesday April 28, MEPs will vote on the EU Digital Green Certificate Regulation (read regulatory proposal). MEPs already voted at the end of March to fast-track the procedure introducing this Regulation. This week, they will vote on whether it becomes law.
Brussels concedes coronavirus travel rules could crumble (26/4-21): After von der Leyen suggests opening EU to US visitors, officials admit countries are already setting own measures.
‘Big battle’ looms over the EU’s coronavirus travel certificates (26/4-21): Parliament and member countries have clashing positions on coronavirus restrictions.
Voters to MEPs: support Rooken Amendment and reject the Green Pass! (22/4-21): Support the Rooken Amendment. Reject the Green Pass. Tell them that the USA did it, the WHO did it, and now it’s Europe’s turn.
The «digital green certificate»: a disproportionate, inefficient and unfair obstacle to the free movement of European citizens (19/4-21 — text available in French and German too): Analysis of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (digital green certificate)
‘Surveillance Data Gathered by Vaccine Certificates, Digital IDs & Biometrics’. (17/4-21): This technology first used for COVID-19 test and vaccine certificate records, could quite quickly morph into a form of contactless cash payments combined with contactless shopping. We are now looking at ‘a 1984 dystopia’ straight in the eye. Technology isn’t the problem, it’s the people behind It.
The Common Pass – Vaccine Passport Breakdown (17/4-21): Let us be under no illusion, there is much more than meets the eye on vaccine passports and this type of surveillance technology and what it means for us. We must say no to Common Pass. Freedom is a basic human right.
Vaccine Passports Set To Pit Humans Vs Humans (17/4-21): A one world digital health code and identity future is now here, based on china’s digital health code, people’s taste for freedoms will ultimately allow a digital prison-planet to enter our daily lives which leads to enslavement and discrimination over goods and services.
Vaccine Passports vs. Freedom Itself (14/4-21): We raise this issue out of concern for the very basic freedoms we hold so dearly and the potential destruction that waits should this go forward. We urge strong urgent debate on this, but populations must act now as we debate, by standing up against any more draconian intrusions by their governments. The devastating pandemic response by governments and their often illogical, unscientific, unsound, and often absurd expert medical advisors (Task Forces) and television medical experts have left lives and societies in ruin. Children have suffered losses that some argue will never be recovered in their lifetimes. Vaccine passports promise to dwarf what we have witnessed across the last year due to the unintended consequences and collateral damage related to our ill-informed responses to SARS-CoV-2!
“We currently do not have enough data on whether or not the vaccines prevent transmission, to say this would be an effective strategy” - Margaret Harris, Spokesperson for the World Health Organization (6/4-21)
Feds Won’t Mandate Vaccine Passports, Will Help States, Businesses & Schools Develop Standards (6/4-21): States are split on vaccine passport mandates, with some vowing to resist and others embracing the idea as necessary for a return to normalcy, but feds insist their role will be limited to ensuring equity and privacy. The U.S. government won’t mandate vaccine passports, multiple news outlets reported today, but that doesn’t mean states, schools and private entities can’t or won’t.
European Plans for 'Vaccine Passports' Were in Place 20 Months Prior to the Pandemic. Coincidence? (5/4-21): With the world being told that so-called 'vaccine passports' will be required for all international travel in future, and in many countries even to enter shops, restaurants, bars, gyms, hotels, theatres, concerts and sports events, the impression we are being given is that the measure is a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. In Europe, however, which hosts 8 of the top 10 pharmaceutical exporting countries, planning for vaccine passports began at least 20 months prior to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Apparently, the pandemic conveniently provided European politicians with the 'excuse' they needed to introduce the idea.
The 'European Commission' - the executive body of Europe - first published a proposal for vaccine passports on 26 April 2018. Buried deep in a document dealing with 'Strengthened Cooperation against Vaccine Preventable Diseases', the proposal was essentially ignored by the mainstream media.
WHY VACCINE PASSPORTS EQUAL SLAVERY FOREVER — You might wish to forward these 15 minutes from Naomi Wolf to the ones who still believe "it's all & only about our health"... Highly recommended!!!
Globalists Push One World Digital Identity (2/4-21): Vaccine passports are set to be trailed at UK events within weeks including the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium and the World Snooker Championships as Boris Johnson and his globalist masters push ahead with their plans despite a growing rebellion among MP’s, Publicans, Civil Rights Groups, and the public.
EU to introduce digital vaccine passports on June 15 (30/3-21): It remains unclear what their purpose would be, given that EU Commissioner Thierry Breton suggested Europe will have ‘collective immunity capacity’ by July 14.
Only some MEPs warned against “discrimination” that non-vaccinated citizens can face when a vaccine certificate becomes effective. The chairman of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee, Juan Fernandez López Aguilar, while favoring the certificate, stated: “The certificate cannot be a precondition for free movement as this is a fundamental right in the European Union, and it cannot lead to discrimination against those individuals who do not hold one. Citizens’ data must be safe, and only necessary data should be included in the certificate.”
“This proposed “digital green certificate,” even if it is cleverly presented as a means of exercising our freedom of movement, represents an unprecedented interference with our fundamental freedoms, because it indirectly leads to imposing on the vast majority of Europeans, who are healthy and not likely to die from COVID-19, either a vaccine — of which no one knows “whether it prevents asymptomatic infection and transmission of the virus,” or even if it protects against the disease in the long term, as it is stated in the introductory considerations of the draft Regulation — or innumerable screening tests, if it is true that this certificate will have to be presented on many occasions in our lives in the community (transport, cultural and educational venues, restaurants, shopping centers, etc.).”
“With this “green certificate” project, an apartheid society is taking shape, where healthy citizens who refuse to submit to the hygienic diktat proposed by the Commission and certain Member States will be discriminated against and ostracized from society. This is unacceptable.”
Chilling read: Vaccine passports are coming – but they may exclude millions (24/3-21): The hopes of the travel industry rest on an unproven technology that could end up preventing more people from travelling than anticipated.
Alan Murray Hayden, head of airport, passenger and security products at IATA, says research into the IATA Travel Pass comes from an investigation into a truly digital passport, called ‘One ID‘. The ultimate goal was to combine identity technology with facial verification cameras.
WANT A JOB? GET A SHOT! And a vaccine passport!!! (23/3-21): «Imagine if the zealous enforcers of mask mandates had the power to deny you access to public places because you have not “gotten your shot.” Even worse, what if a potential employer had to ensure you were “properly” vaccinated before hiring you? This could come to pass if proponents of mandatory E-Verify have their way.»
Movement in the EU: certificate holders will be exempt from testing and quarantine (17/3-21): Commission is advancing a legislative proposal for the creation of an inter-operational system facilitating freedom of movement in the EU. The ball now passes to co-legislators, who will have to negotiate and approve the regulation in time to take effect in the summer.
Vaccine Passports and Medical Martial Law (15/3-21): The authoritarian overlords installing this new medical martial law regime will demand total compliance before all is said and done. If you decide for whatever reason to refuse the coronavirus vaccine, prepare to be treated like an outcast and possibly deemed a criminal as this “Minority Report” dystopia marches on. Now is the time to do whatever you can to free yourself from dependence on the systems currently in place and those the global cabal are planning to make the new normal in the near future.
China Urges W.H.O. to Let It Run Global ‘Vaccine Passport’ System (10/3-21): Chinese Communist Party “experts” urged the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Tuesday to let China build and run a global database for “vaccine passports” documenting if every person on earth has received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine.
EU Vaccine Passport Scheme Rejected by Some Member States, WHO Skeptical (8/3-21): Under the direction of the World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Big Tech monopolies like Microsoft, the European Union is attempting to implement a new Vaccine Passport system – supposedly to act as an “immunity certificate” which travelers are expected to present as proof of their COVID vaccination or a negative COVID test.
This radio show has been removed from YouTube in less than a day: During Sunday Wire Radio Show EP 364 (on 7/3-21), host Patrick Henningsen talked about the new globalized push for a "Vaccine Passport" - a project which is being driven by governments and non-state actors like the World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Big Tech monopolies like Microsoft.
Despite offering no democratic oversight on this massive technocratic project, the European Union is attempting to implement this new digital "Green Pass" system – supposedly to act as an “immunity certificate” which travellers are expected to present as proof of their COVID vaccination. But this digital platform won't stop there - it will be used to require increasingly more vaccines, before being integrated with a digital ID, digital currency, social credit, carbon credits, and access to the basic services - all part of the globalist "Great Reset."
The implications are frightening and threaten to unwind both personal and national sovereignty in a way never seen before in human history. Get informed and seek out like-minded persons on this issue.
Holidays to Europe on the cards as EU is set to include UK in passport scheme (2/3-21): The European Union announced plans for a coronavirus vaccine passport scheme last night – and said it could be opened up to non-EU countries including Britain.
A vaccination passport to travel in Europe? Belgium does not want to hear about it (2/3-21): The European Commission is currently working on a digital “green passport” project, which EU Executive President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to present in March. This passport would attest to a vaccination or a negative test for Covid-19. The rights associated with this document, however, divide the Twenty-Seven. Belgium refuses in any case to link vaccination to the freedom to move in Europe, warned Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès.
Certain schools in Los Angeles (USA) will have this Covid Daily Pass. My only comment: Psychopaths. Sick bastards. But I could list many more, incl. juicy swear words.
What role for vaccine passports in coronavirus fight? (1/3-21): Proponents say vaccine passports could help open up travel and other services, but critics raise concerns over privacy and discrimination
They'll insist. And we'll resist!!! Commission to propose digital green pass for travel this month (1/3-21): The document would have to include a range of information in order to prevent discrimination.
Guys, they are dead serious about the “Covid passport” or “vaccination certificate” or “green pass” or… whatever!!! One thing is sure, they won't be able to call it “immunity passport”! 🤮 The summary of the latest extraordinary EU Summit in 10 points feels like reading a thriller!! POLITICO Brussels Playbook: Summit scenes (26/2-21)
Merkel says EU to have Covid-19 vaccine passport by summer (25/2-21)
Merkel: EU Leaders Agree to Introduce Vaccination Certificates, They Will Be Ready Within 3 Months (25/2-21): The concept of vaccination certificates was rolled out as an idea that could facilitate travel between the countries of the bloc during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the leaders of the European Union have agreed on the need to introduce a certificate of coronavirus vaccination, noting that the bloc will need three months to prepare.
"Everyone agreed that we need a digital vaccination certificate," Merkel said during the press conference after the virtual EU summit.
And the speech by the President of the EU Parliament, David Sassoli, at the fore-mentioned EU Summit, gave me chills... It ain't good what's coming!!! Sassoli: “No return to pre-pandemic status quo. More democracy, more solidarity, more Europe. Health policy should be an EU competence.” (25/2-21)
Vaccination Passports: Deals Made For Free Flow Of Travel Between EU Countries For Summer 2021 (21/02-21): Many EU/Schengen area countries, such as Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland are working on getting vaccination passports up and running. In Poland, people will download a QR code to their mobile phone from a centralized health website to take with them on their travels, and in Denmark, they will open an application, which will act like a second passport.
Inside The Race To Create A Covid Passport And Change Travel As We Know It (21/02-21): With any vaccine certificate likely to use both cloud technology and biometrics, international travel in 2021 could be one giant experiment for passport-less travel. Tech companies will be watching closely, with the potential for huge contracts when the world is allowed to travel again.
"This is pretty important," says Bud. "The evolution of vaccine certificates will actually drive the whole field of digital identity in the future. So, therefore, this is not just about Covid, this is about something even bigger."
Covid: What would a 'vaccine passport' allow you to do? (5/2-21)
Sweden plans for digital ‘vaccine passport’ by summer, despite fears of data misuse (5/2-21): As the #Covid-19 pandemic is still taking its toll on travelling, #Sweden and #Denmark are betting on “#vaccine #passports”, as a way to try to return to normal life. Sweden is trying to push for an international standard for digital certificates which could be used around the world, as Denmark’s version could be available within months. While the technology could revive tourism and its industry, there are risks of data misuse and abuse, experts warn.
Israel: Thousands reportedly attempt to obtain easily forged vaccinated certificate (18/1-21): ‘Green Pass’ uses a simple QR code to store inoculation status and personal information; Health Ministry says it will fine those with fake documents, issue more secure ones soon
New COVID-19 Security Measures Will Make Health a Prerequisite for Travel (26/10-20): As the multi-sector, global response to the coronavirus tightens the noose around civil liberties, CommonPass stands out as one of the most appalling and dangerous attacks on basic human rights in the name of public health.
Health passports to ‘become the norm’ in order to escape travel lockdown (24/10-20): Travel has become a concept fraught with problems in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. As airport testing ramps up an expert says health passports could be the key to escaping our current locked down reality.
The Commons Project: the digital health passport (23/10-20): The Rockefeller Foundation and the World Economic Forum are getting serious about a private world passport authority.
World Economic Forum: Could this COVID-19 ‘health passport’ be the future of travel and events? (20/7-20): CovidPass is the brainchild of one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, Mustapha Mokass, and uses blockchain technology to store encrypted data from individual blood tests, allowing users to prove that they have tested negative for COVID-19. Mokass hopes his app, which is launching in September, will become a standardized solution for airlines, airports and border agencies, and eliminate quarantine for healthy travellers. CovidPass could also allow hotels, cinemas, theatres, sporting and concert venues to reopen safely.
Immunity Passports: A Risky Solution (1/6-20): Policymakers in Europe and abroad have recently been considering the idea of digital “immunity passports” or “health certificates” as a way of progressively allowing people who may have acquired immunity to COVID-19 to return to work and to travel. Such digital health certificates could have significant implications for data privacy and human rights. They would not only divide the population into two categories based on sensitive health information, but they would also ultimately become a tool for determining what degree of freedom and rights individuals may enjoy.
Reading through this, it felt surreal, from another century… COVID-Tech: the sinister consequences of immunity passports (10/6-20): In EDRi’s series on COVID-19, COVIDTech, we explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network’s statement on the pandemic. Each post in this series tackles a specific issue at the intersection of digital rights and the global pandemic in order to explore broader questions about how to protect fundamental rights in a time of crisis. In our statement, we emphasised the principle that states must “defend freedom of expression and information”. In this fourth post of the series, we take a look at the issue of immunity passports, their technological appeal and their potentially sinister consequences on social inequality and fundamental rights.
WHO: “Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19 (scientific brief, 24/4-20)
"The Nazi Census" documents the origins of the census in modern Germany, along with the parallel development of IBM machines that helped first collect data on Germans, then specifically on Jews and other minorities. Gotz Aly and Karl Heinz Roth begin by examining the history of statistical technology in Germany, from the Hollerith machine in the 1890s through the development and licensing of IBM punch-card technology. Aly and Roth explain that census data was collected on non-Germans in order to satisfy the state's desire to track racial groups for alleged security reasons. Later this information led to disastrous results for those groups and others that were tracked in similar ways.
Ultimately, as Gotz Aly and Karl Heinz Roth point out in this short, rigorously researched book, the techniques the Nazis employed to track, gather information, and control populations initiated the modern system of citizen registration. Aly and Roth argue that what led to the devastating effects of the Nazi census was the ends to which they used their data, not their means. It is the employment of methods of collection that the authors examine historically as it applies to the Nazi regime, and also the way contemporary methods of classification and control still affect the modern world.
Digital identity (it might become a new article):
Swiss reject digital identity in referendum, Germans weren't even asked (10/3-21): The Swiss have rejected the introduction of a digital identification number for every citizen by a large majority. The Germans were ordered five days ago without being asked. The concept of digital identity was developed by Bill Gates, the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Economic Forum.
Digital identity could produce next tech giant, Onfido ex-CEO argues (16/11-20): Partners sign up for biometric scooter access and bank account onboarding
Fingerprint records and digital health cards to help solve global identity crisis (18/7-2018): Four companies will receive Gavi support to help scale emerging digital identification technologies in developing countries