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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by coldtea on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:28AM (#16829309)
Or, you know, 4) the project works very well, and they want to advertise it and instill some fear in people...
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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by fredley on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:41AM (#16829406)
And/or sell the system. Plenty of regimes out there that would love this capability.
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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by alex_duf on Friday April 13, 2018 @09:34AM (#16829795)
That would be my guess. It was probably expensive so they are looking to sell it.
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Re:Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest susp... by volgo on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:40AM (#16831028)
That would be admitting that Chinese technologies are gaining momentum. Not something you're suppose to say here on HN :)
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