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'This is junk science': The UK takes aim at biometric tech

Author
BBC World Service
Published
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Episode Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct375t

The UK's deputy information commissioner tells Tech Tent why some new biometric technologies are "the modern phrenology", and based on "magical" thinking. We discuss whether the world is too dependent on WhatsApp - and why Big Tech financial results are going down the drain. Our reporter visits a factory making a female crash test dummy, and we ask what next for the self-styled "Chief Twit" Elon Musk as he completes his purchase of Twitter.

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