Operation Golden Shield is a massive surveillance system tied into a central database containing photos and information on every Chinese citizen.
This intelligence project will give the Chinese government the unprecedented ability to track the movements and activities of its citizens.
The Chinese city of Shenzhen is serving as the testing grounds for Golden Shield. With more than 200,000 surveillance cameras already installed -- and that number expected to rise to two million cameras in three years, Shenzhen's citizens will likely be the most "watched" people in the world.
Every camera in the city will be networked to one central location that will be armed with the latest facial recognition software from L-1 Identity Solutions. The system will be able to scan a face and match it to a picture from the central database in a matter of seconds.
To supplement the cameras, Chinese citizens will be required to carry electronic national ID cards that are also linked to the central database, giving China an unprecedented ability to track its citizens.
Crime or, for the Chinese government likely more importantly, dissent will be virtually impossible under such watchful eyes.
James Morton
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To supplement the cameras, Chinese citizens will be required to carry electronic national ID cards that are also linked to the central database, giving China an unprecedented ability to track its citizens.
Crime or, for the Chinese government likely more importantly, dissent will be virtually impossible under such watchful eyes.
Are we talking about China or England?
Maybe you'd like to comment about project Echelon (and whatever other program they may have).
While it's tempting to point fingers at China, maybe a little introspection about civil rights (and the slow erosion) would also warrant consideration.
wow. Big Brother really IS watching.
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