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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by marmaduke on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:23PM (#18402060)
The accelerometer in a smart phone might be sufficient to identify gait parameters which map to stress, relaxation etc. Why bother with cameras?
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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by muraiki on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:34PM (#18402153)
If the goal is to police and/or suppress, using this system means that your targets don't have to carry a phone (and that you don't need to have access to the phone's data).
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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by mentat on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:57PM (#18402352)
There are ways to induce people to carry the instruments of their surveillance with them (including phones).
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Re:China can apparently now identify citizens based on the w... by mrkstu on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @04:16PM (#18402482)
If you do that, you can just simplify it down to an automatic bluetooth beacon that identifies you to the government- and if you don't carry one you're not allowed out in public.

I think they just don't want to be quite so blatant and obvious about it.

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