Friday, August 20, 2021

Biometric Technology also seized by Taliban

Taliban Seizes Enough U.S Military Technology To Blow Afghanistan Back 20 Years

The sophisticated U.S military biometric technology that the Taliban seized has the potential to aid the insurgents in identifying Afghans who have helped the U.S. in Afghanistan over the previous two decades, putting their lives in peril.

“The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive,” The Intercept reported, adding that sources in the U.S. Armed Forces were “worried that sensitive data they contain could be used by the Taliban.”

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