SINGAPORE: Singapore will become the world’s first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.

ADVANCED This photo taken on October 1, 2020 shows a staff member of GovTech demonstrating the use of facial verification technology to access government services on a computer at a community center in
Singapore. AFP PHOTO

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