Taliban (a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia) gained access to American biometric devices that can help them identify Afghans worked on the United States. This is reported by the Intercept edition with reference to sources in the joint command of special operations of the United States.
Personal detection equipment (HIIDE) contains a rainbow eye, fingerprint, and biographical information used to access large centralized databases. “We have treated thousands of local residents per day, we had to deal with the collection of intelligence, to look for suicide bonuses, weapons, and much more,” the source explained.
According to the veteran of the combined command of the special operation, despite the fact that the Taliban captured the device, they may need additional tools for processing Hiide data. However, it fears that Pakistani interdepartmental intelligence can help with a radical group, which, according to him, works closely with the movement.
Technical director Human Rights First and a former military intelligence officer Volton Chang expressed doubts about the security of the personal data of the Afghans. “I don’t think someone ever thought about the confidentiality of data or about what to do if the [Hiide] system fell into other people’s hands,” he noted.
According to the publication, the Pentagon, to find terrorists and criminals, set itself the goal of collecting biometric data on 80 percent of the citizens of Afghanistan.
Previously, the Taliban began to check the mobile phones of local residents and punish them for the “inappropriate” content. Afghans destroy documents, remove photos and contacts from mobile devices to protect themselves and their families from the Taliban repression.