cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/55089

“Since 2015, the Iranian government has gradually introduced biometric ID cards that include a chip in which data such as iris scans, fingerprints and facial images are stored.

Today there are concerns that such information held by the state may be used in conjunction with facial recognition technology to identify people who violate the mandatory dress code, both on the streets and on the Internet. Many analysts point out that Iran’s government is now able to track its citizens very easily wherever they are.”

Meanwhile, “some of the women arrested for defying the new August 15 decree were identified after videos were posted online of them being harassed on public transportation because they were not wearing the garment properly.” In short, it is the police as automated management of the polis that makes the morality police more effective and oppressive.

The servility and fanatical adherence of so many oppressed people who become oppressors themselves, on the other hand, are abjections that run through all degrees of technical development.