A BIOMETRIA COMO PRETEXTO DE FALÊNCIA GLOBAL DA INTERNET – A SOCIEDADE BÁRBARA

Abstract

Well than, this article discusses biometrics as a device of social and political control, highlighting how its increasing imposition can act as a catalyst for a collapse of global internet structures. It argues, therefore, that biometrics, under the guise of security and efficiency, proves to be a pretext for mass surveillance, digital exclusion, and the erosion of fundamental rights, leading to a state of “technological barbarism”. Therefore, this article objectively proposes that biometrics constitute not only an identification tool but, above all, a pretext to legitimize the failure of the internet's emancipatory project. The article is grounded in critical frameworks from sociology, political philosophy, and technology studies.