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Facial recognition software threatens us all. Governments can track and detain dissidents and immigrants with precision but is this power really accurate or unstoppable? Can we collectively resist? Danny ends the episode disagreeing that authoritarian states will defeat democracies.         Music: "Dub Kong" by Caballo From the Free Music Archives CC BY NC   https://www.npr.org/2019/07/08/739491857/ice-uses-facial-recognition-to-sift-state-drivers-license-records-researchers-sa https://www.inc.com/gene-marks/the-dhs-will-use-facial-recognition-on-97-of-departing-airport-passengers-in-next-4-years.html https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/24/are-you-being-scanned-how-facial-recognition-technology-follows-you-even-as-you-shop https://www.businessinsider.com/this-us-military-laser-can-identify-people-by-their-heartbeats-2019-6 https://www.wired.com/story/china-distributes-spyware-border/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/27/us-facial-recognition-database-fbi-drivers-licenses-passports