Chinese Citizens Will Be Required to Scan Their Faces to Use the Internet

[Latindancer]

(AP) — The Chinese government continues its Orwellian practices with the announcement that citizens will have to use facial recognition technology to access the internet (which is already highly fire-walled.)
This is all a part of China’s social credit system that will take effect on Dec. 1st. After the law is in effect, Chinese citizens who want to have the internet installed at their houses or on their smartphones will be required to undergo a facial recognition process by Chinese authority to prove their identities, according to the new regulation.
This is significant because now the Chinese government will use the internet to rate citizens based on their daily behavior online.

Since 2015, Chinese citizens have been required to show their ID cards while applying for a landline or the internet. This new law is put in place to verify that the ID belongs to the person applying for services.
The new law was published on the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) website and distributed to all Chinese telecom carriers on Sept. 27th, which includes three demands be met, Epoch Times reports.

First, all telecom carriers must use facial recognition to test whether an applicant who applies for internet connection is the owner of the ID that they use since Dec. 1. At the same time, the carriers must test that the ID is genuine and valid.
Second, all telecom carriers must upgrade their service’s terms and conditions and notify all their customers that they are not allowed to transfer or resell their cell phone SIM card to another person by the end of November 2019.
Third, telecom carriers should help their customers to check whether there are cell phone or landline numbers that don’t belong to them but registered under their names since Dec. 1. For unidentified numbers, the telecom carries must investigate and close the lines immediately.

This comes on the heels of another Chinese pilot program which allows citizens to pay for subway/train travel using just their facial biometrics as Activist Post reported. This new system also compensates elderly Chinese in the city of Shenzhen, China, with a free ride — if they pay with their face — providing incentives for using facial recognition technology.
China is planning to merge its 170+ million security cameras with artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology to create a mega-surveillance state. This compounds with China’s “social credit system” that ranks citizens based on their behavior, and rewards or punishes depending on those scores.
According to the latest report of U.S.-based market research firm IDC, China had spent $10.6 billion on video surveillance equipment in 2018. The firm adds that China’s spending is believed to reach $20.1 billion in 2023. A massive 64.3 percent of China’s spending in 2018 was spent solely for surveillance cameras. A worrying figure for the future of China.
IDC reported on Jan. 30th that it predicted China would have 2.76 billion surveillance cameras installed in 2022.

Already, China’s cities, classrooms and even restrooms are inundated with facial recognition technology. Inside classrooms, facial recognition technology monitors students and reports their actions to the teachers and parents. While to access the basic need of using toilet paper in a public bathroom China requires citizens to scan their face just to wipe their butt.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Chinese scientists have recently developed an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled 500 megapixel cloud camera that’s capable of panoramic capture of an entire stadium with the ability to target a single individual in an instant, Global Times reported.
The upgrade to facial recognition technology is developed by Shanghai-based Fudan University and Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin Province.

Fudan University and Changchun Institute of Optics aren’t the first researchers to advance facial recognition. There is also Shanghai-based YITU Technology which has evolved the facial recognition industry by being able to identify a person within a matter of seconds from a database of people, even if only their partial face is visible, CNBC reported.

The evolution of facial recognition technology is further documented by researchers at the University of Bradford have found that “facial recognition technology works even when only half a face is visible,” according to EurekAlert.


China is quickly becoming Orwell’s worst nightmare, advancing its requirement and use of facial recognition technology. In protests, Hong Kong activists have begun shining laser pointers at facial recognition cameras to disrupt their function. Protesters have also taken additional measures, like spray painting camera lenses on the street or around government offices as Activist Post has reported.



This latest crackdown now requiring internet users in China to register their faces if they want to use the service is a huge step in creating a dystopian society. The remaining obvious question is how long until this type of facial ID requirement spreads to the U.S. and EU? We do know that the U.S. has wanted an “Internet ID Act” for quite some time, according to Amie Stepanovich, national security counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. The fact that this process could now include facial recognition thanks to China rolling it out first is a horrifying nightmarish thought — welcome to 1984.

https://themindunleashed.com/2019/10...-internet.html

[harrybarracuda]

Fucking chinkies. I wonder what pathetic excuse Hoho will have for this gross invasion of privacy?

[Latindancer]

I think we should require OhOh to register his face before he can reply here

[kmart]

The remaining obvious question is how long until this type of facial ID requirement spreads to the U.S. and EU? We do know that the U.S. has wanted an “Internet ID Act” for quite some time, according to Amie Stepanovich, national security counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. The fact that this process could now include facial recognition thanks to China rolling it out first is a horrifying nightmarish thought — welcome to 1984.

Hmm... Something to look forward to.

[Cujo]

Facial recognition is really catching on.
I registered my place of residence recently and they took a load of photos.

[Saint Willy]

Interesting news website/source.

[Saint Willy]

A massive 64.3 percent of China’s spending in 2018 was spent solely for surveillance cameras.

Eh? Say what?

[Latindancer]

Eh? Say what?

Read the article, stupid. Then piss off, troll.


Cameras have the largest segment of video surveillance spending



The IDC China Video Surveillance Equipment Tracker traces the sales revenues and shipments of eight products in four categories, including cameras, recorders (DVR and NVR), storages, and video application software, and analyzes the growth trends of different products.
Cameras have the highest share of spending in China's video surveillance market, accounting for 64.3% of total spending. Driven by the progress of urbanization and the upgrade of existing smart city projects, there are huge replacement programs and new deployments of cameras in smart cities.

[Cujo]

No xit there are cameras everywhere.

[OhOh]

gross invasion of privacy

Amazon, Walmart, government agencies, police surveillance, home boxes and their handlers viewing and listening to purchasers........

In Thailand no cameras where I live, one traffic speed camera 45 minutes away. Multiple Thai immigration photos presumably all now connected to the countries integrated system.

It appears some "exceptional countries across the Pacific" are at least passing local legislation to have more of your current photo, vehicle details, past routes driven .......

The "Safe Drivers Act" Is A Real-Time National Driver Surveillance Program

"A recent article in WCVB Channel 5 revealed that the “Safe Drivers Act” is designed for one purpose and that is to share everything a motorist has ever done with law enforcement nationwide.

Outside the Danvers branch of the Registry of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday, Congressman Seth Moulton publicly announced legislation he’s filed in hopes of making it easier for traffic safety officials to share information about drivers across state lines.

How Moulton plans to make it easier to share drivers’ personal information with law enforcement across the country is frightening.

The ultimate goal of the bill is to help lead to the creation of a national, real-time data sharing program, Moulton’s office said.

Apparently, knowing a driver’s Social Security Number, address, date of birth, checking their driving record and running their name against a national criminal database is not enough.

There are few places in America that do not use Automatic License Plate Readers to track our every movement and even that does not appear to be enough for Big Brother’s insatiable desire to know everything about everyone.

The Salem News revealed that the bill would “incentivize states” into creating a national real-time driver sharing program.
Moulton said, “the goal is to incentivize states to modernize their systems and work together to make sure their databases are compatible to improve communication on dangerous drivers.”

WCVB Channel 5 explains how the U.S. DOT would offer states more than $50 million to help create a national real-time data sharing program.

Moulton’s bill would also create a $50 million competitive grant program that would allow states to bid for additional grant money and would enable the U.S. Department of Transportation to connect states that have similar modernization needs.

One has to ask, why would states need bribes grant money to help create a national driver surveillance program?

According to The Salem News, this bill would also give law enforcement, real-time alerts of every driver.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has also called for the creation of a nationwide system to alert states when one of their drivers incurs a violation that could trigger a suspension in another jurisdiction.

Will Amber Alerts become a thing of the past? Because this bill would give law enforcement real-time alerts about every driver.

I wonder if they will be called Bad Driver alerts?"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...llance-program

I suspect the EU countries already have similar "gross invasions of privacy".

[harrybarracuda]

You just knew OhOh would try and compare traffic cams to the chinkies making sure they can arrest and disappear anyone who posts things they don't like on the internet.

Snivelling chinky sycophant.

[Saint Willy]

Read the article, stupid. Then piss off, troll.


Cameras have the largest segment of video surveillance spending



The IDC China Video Surveillance Equipment Tracker traces the sales revenues and shipments of eight products in four categories, including cameras, recorders (DVR and NVR), storages, and video application software, and analyzes the growth trends of different products.
Cameras have the highest share of spending in China's video surveillance market, accounting for 64.3% of total spending. Driven by the progress of urbanization and the upgrade of existing smart city projects, there are huge replacement programs and new deployments of cameras in smart cities.

The blog, you mean? Shouldn't even be in news.

And quoting a different part of it does not change nor excuse the gross inadequacies and errors in the article.

And really? Cameras have the highest segememt for video surveillance, how else do you do video surveillance?

[panama hat]

how else do you do video surveillance?

[harrybarracuda]

IDC reported on Jan. 30th that it predicted China would have 2.76 billion surveillance cameras installed in 2022.

I wonder when it will be mandatory for chinkies to wear a bodycam? Can't be far off.

[Latindancer]

Perhaps it will be mandatory for each to always have their own personal GPS-equipped phone on them ...?

[harrybarracuda]

Perhaps it will be mandatory for each to always have their own personal GPS-equipped phone on them ...?

With it turned on.

Yes, probably.

But they'll probably just chip the fuckers like they do dogs.

[OhOh]

I wonder when it will be mandatory for chinkies to wear a bodycam?

Already compulsory is some countries, for 'insurance purposes". Even where it's not compulsory, some deem it expedient, to protect their human rights etc.

[harrybarracuda]

Already compulsory is some countries, for 'insurance purposes". Even where it's not compulsory, some deem it expedient, to protect their human rights etc.

In which country is it compulsory to wear a bodycam for "insurance purposes"?

[Looper]

For the 1 country 2 systems policy Hong Kongers will be allowed some leeway and be able to scan their arse instead

[jabir]

Good choice, she looks like trouble.

[kmart]

With it turned on.

Yes, probably.

But they'll probably just chip the fuckers like they do dogs.

The Swedes get themselves microchipped voluntarily. Weird fukcers..

[Seekingasylum]

Given how they all look the same surely this scanning cannot work.

[OhOh]

No need to pass laws in western countries most post images, timed, geo-located .... of themselves and their "friends", and pay for the privileged, on some billowing cloud, held somewhere, by "reliable" law abiding companies, whose main profit generator is selling the individuals data to anybody who desires it.

[Backspin]

This looks like China hysteria hyperbole. Typical coming out of the USA now.US isnt any better. They are both police states

[harrybarracuda]

This looks like China hysteria hyperbole. Typical coming out of the USA now.US isnt any better. They are both police states

"Chinese citizens who want to have the internet installed at their houses or on their smartphones will be required to undergo a facial recognition process by Chinese authority to prove their identities, according to the new regulation."

I don't recall any regulation in the US saying that the federal government can collect facial recognition or any other biometric data before you can have an internet connection. Maybe you could find me the link.