6.3.3 New technologies for the management of global flows

Content

Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
- New and emerging possibilities for managing global risks
Geographic knowledge and understanding
- Strategies to build resilience: new technologies for the management of global flows of data and people, including cybersecurity and e-passports
Case study or detailed examples
- Neither required by the syllabus
Aims of this lesson
- To have knowledge and understanding of new technologies for the management of global flows of data and people, including cybersecurity and e-passports.

Borders for 29 countries will no longer have manual checks with machines instead used to scan your face, fingerprints and passport

The Guardian · 10 April 2026

Cybersecurity
- The art of protecting networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.

Deepfake
- A blend of "deep learning" and "fake" are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. While the act of creating fake content is not new, deepfakes leverage powerful techniques from machine learning and artificial intelligence to manipulate or generate visual and audio content that can more easily deceive.

E-passport
- A biometric passport is a traditional passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip which contains biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder.

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