Mount Sinai Mandates Facial Scans #Privacy
The short version: Verified Privacy VPN reports Mount Sinai is tying hospital access to mandatory facial scans, and we see it as another node in the biometric dragnet normalizing ALPR-style tracking everywhere.
Our Take
Credit to Verified Privacy VPN for flagging this one. Mount Sinai reportedly rolling out a facial recognition system called CLEAR1 across 400+ sites isn't just a hospital IT upgrade — it's a signal of how fast "consent" is becoming theater. When accessing medical care gets bundled with handing over your face print, the line between "opt-in convenience" and "mandatory surveillance" disappears fast.
This is the same playbook we track with license plate readers: a private vendor builds a centralized identity system, sells it as safety or efficiency, and suddenly your movements — or in this case, your biometric data tied to your healthcare record — live in a database you never agreed to trust. Flock cameras normalize the idea that your car is a tracked object; systems like this normalize the idea that your face is a login credential. Different sector, same erosion.
If you're mapping out where automated tracking infrastructure already exists in your area, check our camera map, and if you want to push back on this stuff at the local level, our take-action page has concrete steps.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Verified Privacy VPN (vp.net), published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.