The Tulsa State Fair has rolled out a sweeping surveillance program this year, blanketing the event with drones, facial recognition systems, and digital monitoring tools. Sheriff Vic Regalado framed the expansion as a safety measure for the one million expected attendees, highlighting features such as photographing children at entry and linking them to a parent’s contact information in case of separation. Yet beyond family reunification, the same biometric network will be used to identify individuals with warrants and bar those blacklisted from the fairgrounds. Overhead, unmanned drones will monitor crowd movement, while QR codes scattered across the venue encourage visitors to report incidents directly to deputies with photos or videos.

What’s unfolding at Tulsa is more than just local “security”—it’s conditioning the public to embrace a surveillance grid under the banner of safety. What used to be a community gathering is now under the constant watch of drones and biometric cameras, normalizing the trade of privacy for convenience. Scripture warns of a coming global system where identity, movement, and even buying or selling will be monitored and controlled. Each “pilot program” like this—whether at a state fair or an international airport—serves as a rehearsal for that future. The blanket of security promised today is the scaffolding of the beast system tomorrow.

SOURCE: Reclaim the Net