[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] As you're walking along the street, China's newest surveillance technology could soon be watching you – from space. Scientists in Beijing have created 'the world's most powerful spy camera' which can pick out facial details from distances exceeding 63 miles (100km).
It means the spy camera could potentially be in space aboard a floating satellite while clearly seeing faces of people on Earth's surface.
It could also take high-resolution images of foreign military satellites operated by other nations that are also orbiting Earth, the South China Morning Post reported.
The technology, detailed by the scientists in a new paper, could be launched aboard a satellite in the near future.
But, unsurprisingly, the powerful laser-based system has sparked worries.
Robert Morton, author and member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), called it a 'massive security concern'.
'Millimeter resolution from 60+ miles up? That’s next-level surveillance,' he said in a post on X (Twitter).