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It's so much worse than that. China has combined this with (a) 500MP camera which can clearly identify anyone in a stadium full of people and (b) forcing all c

It's so much worse than that. China has combined this with (a) 500MP camera which can clearly identify anyone in a stadium full of people and (b) forcing all citizens to present biometric information when signing up for a phone plan.

BoorishBears 7y ago
Again, I'm not saying we have China's system, but the end of the comment talks about the citizens acting as enablers. US citizens are not that far off from them... You could sell a lot of people on 500MP cameras to detect people in stadiums "for terrorism", and in fact I'd be surprised if we don't already do something similar After all, we already saw private citizens scanning faces at events: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/future-entertainment-technology-music-tv-movies-760659/facial-recognition-concert-security-760696/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/future-en... And we've actually tried to make prepaid phones require ID (which is the spirit of the biometrics)... no suprise, with the terrorism excuse: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmakers-require-id-to-buy-prepaid-cell-phones/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmakers-require-id-to-buy-pre...
LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
So what? Ever heard of [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare ? And does it even matter if there are uncounted companies and agencies having deployed their own CCTV-networks? Traffic counting, toll-roads, security, public transportation, inner city-surveillance, advertisement displays, and sharing that information combined with the SSID/MAC-address/IMEI of your phone via WIFI/GSM/UMTS/LTE/Bluetooth and sharing that information with who knows who for whatever reason and goal? Watch out for the blimps! Now playing: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc (Tiga & Zyntherius Sunglasses At Night, 3m42s)

BoorishBears 7y ago

Again, I'm not saying we have China's system, but the end of the comment talks about the citizens acting as enablers. US citizens are not that far off from them... You could sell a lot of people on 500MP cameras to detect people in stadiums "for terrorism", and in fact I'd be surprised if we don't already do something similar After all, we already saw private citizens scanning faces at events: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/future-entertainment-technology-music-tv-movies-760659/facial-recognition-concert-security-760696/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/future-en... And we've actually tried to make prepaid phones require ID (which is the spirit of the biometrics)... no suprise, with the terrorism excuse: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmakers-require-id-to-buy-prepaid-cell-phones/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawmakers-require-id-to-buy-pre...

LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago

So what? Ever heard of [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare ? And does it even matter if there are uncounted companies and agencies having deployed their own CCTV-networks? Traffic counting, toll-roads, security, public transportation, inner city-surveillance, advertisement displays, and sharing that information combined with the SSID/MAC-address/IMEI of your phone via WIFI/GSM/UMTS/LTE/Bluetooth and sharing that information with who knows who for whatever reason and goal? Watch out for the blimps! Now playing: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8565_xrc (Tiga & Zyntherius Sunglasses At Night, 3m42s)