Big Brother and Leon and "the most secure city in the world"

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Here's a scary story:

Big Brother: Eye-scanners being installed across one Mexican city

Mexico's sixth-largest city, Leon, is on the road to becoming a real-world version of Minority Report, the movie and short story that envision a future in which everyone is tracked wherever they go.

Fast Company reports that U.S. biometrics firm Global Rainmakers and its Mexican partner announced yesterday that they have begun installing iris-scanning technology in the city of more than 1 million in Guanajuato state, which the press release touts, without irony, as the place "where Mexican Independence was born." The companies aim "to fortify all aspects of life" to create "the most secure city in the world."

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