The Russian government has introduced a new law that makes installing a tracking app mandatory for all foreign nationals in the Moscow region.This seems outrageous, and foolish for a country that wants tourism.The new proposal was announced by the chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, who presented it as a measure to tackle migrant crimes.
"The adopted mechanism will allow, using modern technologies, to strengthen control in the field of migration and will also contribute to reducing the number of violations and crimes in this area," stated Volodin.
Using a mobile application that all foreigners will have to install on their smartphones, the Russian state will receive the following information:
Residence location
Fingerprint
Face photograph
Real-time geo-location monitoring"If migrants change their actual place of residence, they will be required to inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) within three working days," the high-ranking politician explained.
And yet I think it is inevitable that most countries with do something like this. The technology is cheap, easy, and efficient.
Most tourists are not going to secret locations, or anything like that. My guess is that soon most will not mind.
The USA desperately needs to better monitor millions of people. Mainly, criminals on parole or probation, and foreigners on temporary visas or claiming asylum or without authorization. Nearly all have smart phones, and they could be tracked.
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When the government gets the technology to track everyone, I'm fairly certain they will employ it, with or without public consent. Encouraging 1984 style monitoring is not a good idea, as it encourages a police state eternally claiming to be in a state of emergency to justify it.
Not only will the government track everyone, so will Google, Facebook, Credit Bureaus, and others.
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