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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by _pmf_ on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:16AM (#16829233)
> The bigger question is why are China advertising this

Striking fear into citizens; literally state terrorism.

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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by Clubber on Friday April 13, 2018 @09:22AM (#16829708)
Contrast with the US which keeps it's NSA spying and data collection private. Until it isn't.
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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by _pmf_ on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:28AM (#16848806)
> Contrast with the US which keeps it's NSA spying and data collection private. Until it isn't.

I think the USA is a bit behind China and the UK in applying surveillance technology to target individuals for petty things. Sure , it's technologically viable, but it seems there's no will yet to punish the evil jay walker with the full force of law.

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