There's a company called Thales. This is a company from France. It's a global technology company focusing on big data, artificial intelligence and cyber security.

Also in transportation, let's take a look at one of their promo videos from 2020 in October. Look at this.

Hello everyone. Meet Lucy, student in psychology. And me, her digital ID wallet issued by the government to offer a wide range of identity services.

In fact, I'm a handy way of proving and protecting her identity both online and face to face.

Let's have a closer look at what I can do. I can help governments to better communicate with citizens.

Right now, I'm reminding Lucy of the appointment she needs to schedule for her mandatory vaccination.

Time to go to her exam. Lucy is a bit stressed out. I'm here to make it easy for her to prove she is the right candidate, with a quick and secure connection between her phone and the examiners.

The exam passed successfully, quick stop at the doctors before celebrating, and no time to lose. On the way, Lucy uses me to declare her passport lost.

She needs it for her upcoming road trip. No issue. She can request an emergency digital passport without having to go to the authority office.

I make official admin a lot smoother, and that's not all. I can also help Lucy request a birth certificate, pay her taxes, or prove who she is when onboarding to new services, such as opening a bank account.

I allow Lucy to certify her health care coverage entitlement. She's able to decide whether to authorize the doctor to access her medical records or not, ensuring her control over her personal data.

Lucy needs one more thing before being all set for her trip to Australia. Renting a car. I help her share her driver's license credentials online, so that she doesn't have to wait hours in a queue to collect the car when she gets to Brisbane.

The rental company benefits from secure and accurate information, and Lucy from a smooth experience. Lucy's friends are waiting for her inside the bar to allow her to get in. I simply generate a QR code that proves Lucy is old enough, so she doesn't have to share all her ID details with the bar staff.

So yes, I'm Lucy's best companion. I protect her identity and official credentials wherever she goes. I provide secured access to public and private services, and allow her to have full control over her data privacy.

In other words, I give the right access to the right data to the right person. I am also trusted by governments to best support country's digital transformation, fight against ID fraud, and deliver smooth public services.

I am the talus digital ID wallet. Wow, that is chilling. You know, I think it's like the third time I've watched as we prepared for this show, and I just recognize something ahead before that the actress playing that role normally it sounds like she should be like bubbly and smiling and really sighted. But watching it again, she constantly looks like she's getting bad news. She's looking at the window with like a sense of dread.

I mean, she actually is playing the role as I think we will all feel somewhat controlled and dark and dismal about the world around us. But clearly, this is a giant company, and I'm sure they're not the only ones out there competing for governments business right now.

Just thinking the investors and companies like this that are looking to sell technologies not to like people in a Walmart, but to governments for every single human being to have to use.

These are the largest types of products that the world is looking at right now. The investment must be massive and what we're up against is terrifying because you know that's where they want to go.

And I've said before I think that we won the battle of COVID. They wanted something just like that by the time we finished up with COVID. Maybe it's why you know Biden doesn't want to let it go. But folks, this isn't going away.

Right. Travel, healthcare, restaurants, even schooling. If you want to see what a soft launch of some of you know similar technology looks like with the government really pushing on it. You looked at China.

And just recently something interesting interesting happens in China is they're starting to relax some of the restrictions. So these are the mainstream headlines coming out of China, which are kind of differing from what we really reported on.

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