Your eyeballs are actually worth something
Inside the RM4 billion race to control Malaysia's biometric infrastructure.
Over the weekend I managed to sneak in some downtime and watched Netflix’s latest testosterone-filled show, Physical: Asia.
Southeast Asia is represented by three countries: Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
I think Netflix did Southeast Asia a huge disservice. They didn’t feature Malaysia.
What’s so special about us? We are the only country that can serve up a wildly multiethnic lineup, just like our national football team.
With no pesky Fifa rules… why not? We can even serve you Latin American flavours.
Today was supposed to be a News, ideas and everything in between, but one story took over. I’ll drop the rest tomorrow.
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One of the biggest corporate battles right now is over biometric data, aka the digital you.
We leave traces everywhere, and I reckon very few of us practice proper digital hygiene.
Still, there’s a race to build vertical integration, offering middleware to capture, process, and control those digital breadcrumbs.
At the centre of Malaysia’s biometric arena are companies linked to business man Wong Thean Soon.
I’ve written an overview of Wong’s businesses before. But recent developments warrant an update.
