Abu Dhabi for nine months and asked to use a pseudonym. He said the guard informed him that the phone camera was not only testing his electromagnetic emissions but also conducting a retina scan, which the guard said could tell him whether Firas was vaccinated or had had a recent PCR test.
Firas suspected the scanner was linked to the digital identification system used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide residents access to their health records, visa applications and other official processes. "That's the compromise you make when you come here.
We signed a deal with this system in exchange for safety and security," he said. A Media Office spokesperson told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that "the scanners are not linked to any