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2007-08-11 China-Japan-Koreas

In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People

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Posted by gorb 2007-08-11 17:15|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-08-11 20:41|| 2007-08-11 20:41|| Front Page Top

#2 no decision has been made on whether face recognition technology has become reliable enough to use without the risk of false arrests.

This will not trouble the Chinese one whit. According to another report I read somewhere, any Chinese policeman can use his PDA to summon up the last five emails you sent.

Don't think this sort of monitoring is restricted solely to China. At one point during the 1990s, American politicians were considering tracking cash transactions by placing bar code on all paper currency.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-11 21:29|| 2007-08-11 21:29|| Front Page Top

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