From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.
Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn
Originally reported by New York Times. Read the full story at the original source.
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