Israeli government’s call for mandatory biometric ID system met with backlash
Unfortunately, despite wide consensus within the academic and professional communities, there&#x27;s no real public backlash against the biometrics database.<p>It&#x27;s hard to explain to a common Israeli why a database is dangerous. The security argument is blinding, and it seems like we are going towards making this huge mistake.<p>There&#x27;s currently an effort to stop this and a crowd-funding campaign launched this week aiming to finance a plea to the supreme court is so far successful (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.headstart.co.il&#x2F;project.aspx?id=19914" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.headstart.co.il&#x2F;project.aspx?id=19914</a>)