Tag: Digital Identity

Welcome to the EES: Europe’s New Surveillance Architecture

Oct 8, 2025

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by

Gaute Gulliksen

in Digital Rights, Ethics, Privacy, Society, Technology

On October 12, 2025, the EU activates the Entry/Exit System – a massive biometric surveillance infrastructure tracking every non-EU traveler. The public information campaign started one week ago. For a system decided eight years ago. This is how surveillance expansion works in democracies.
The Coming Reality of Mandatory Digital ID

Aug 29, 2025

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by

Gaute Gulliksen

in AI, Artificial intelligence, Business ethics, Civil Society, Ethics, Society, Technology

As a lifelong fan of science fiction, I always hoped humanity would draw wisdom from its darkest stories. Instead, I find myself watching the bleakest visions of Orwell, Dick, and Black Mirror being sketched into reality. Mandatory digital ID systems—once the stuff of dystopian imagination—are now being piloted and promoted by governments, corporations, and international…