“Smartmatic has developed a digital identity ecosystem that allows governments to build lasting trust with citizens by offering enhanced privacy for identity-authorized transactions,” the company says on its website. “Governments use to put more control in the hands of citizens and to be responsive to citizens’ needs.”
“Businesses can use this platform for customer onboarding, loyalty programs and identity validation. Doing so can reduce costs and streamline program management. Commercial operations can also use this platform to manage employee access and security.”
Source:
1. https://www.smartmatic.com/identity-management
1. Smartmatic’s comment on government putting “more control in the hands of citizens” is foreign to American political philosophy, which views the government-citizen relationship the other way around. Why does Smartmatic presume that government’s duty is to give the citizens more control of voting?
2. Why would a foreign company like Smartmatic be promoting the government taking the biometric data of private citizens as a condition of them exercising their right to vote?
3. If a foreign electronic voting vendor is handling the data for biometrics, is the voters’ most private biometric information under the control of foreign companies or stored on servers abroad?
4. What can foreign powers do to exploit that?
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