Which Way, L.A.?
Your License, Your Registration, Your Iris Scan…
It used to be just your driver’s license, then your fingerprint. Now LA Sheriff’s deputies are prepared to record your picture, the shape of your eyeball and, possibly, the sound of your voice. Why is there no public debate about the potential invasion of privacy of the most intimate kind?
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenIt used to be just your driver’s license, then your fingerprint. Now LA Sheriff’s deputies are prepared to record your picture, the shape of your eyeball and, possibly, the sound of your voice. It’s personal information—collected during a traffic stop or a booking and saved until you turn 75—even if you’re not charged. Why is there no public debate about the potential invasion of privacy of the most intimate kind?
Also, Obamacare and addiction: prayer is out; medicine is in.
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2 storiesLA Law Enforcement to Collect Biometric Data
Without any public notice at all, Los Angeles County is taking bids for compiling America’s biggest repository of personal data outside what’s kept by the FBI. And it’s not just personal records, it’s personal characteristics—not only fingerprints, but palm prints, pictures and scans of the iris in your eye. Voice recordings could be next.
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When it comes to alcohol and drug addiction, the private rehab industry is undergoing big changes. Self-help and spirituality are losing favor to science and medicine. Before Obamacare, one third of Americans had no coverage for treatment of substance abuse. KCRW Producer Evan George reports on what’s happening now.
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