The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy
- Written by Margaret Hu, Professor of Law and of International Affairs, Penn State
A U.S. Army soldier scans the irises of an Afghan civilian in 2012 as part of an effort by the military to collect biometric information from much of the Afghan population.Jose Cabezas/AFP via GettyImagesIn the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that the...