Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn
From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding...
By Ivan Nechepurenko, Rebecca Suner, Joey Sendaydiego and Coleman Lowndes · The New York Times – World
From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.