China's All-Seeing Eye

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 12:02 AM
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Subject: China's All-Seeing Eye

"Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the city. Many are in public 
spaces, disguised as lampposts. The closed-circuit TV cameras will soon be connected to a single, nationwide network, 
an all-seeing system that will be capable of tracking and identifying anyone who comes within its range — a project 
driven in part by U.S. technology and investment. Over the next three years, Chinese security executives predict they 
will install as many as 2 million CCTVs in Shenzhen, which would make it the most watched city in the world."

"The end goal is to use the latest people-tracking technology — thoughtfully supplied by American giants like IBM, 
Honeywell and General Electric... "  "...to identify and counteract dissent before it explodes into a mass movement 
like the one that grabbed the world's attention at Tiananmen Square."

"The mergers made L-1 a one-stop shop for biometrics. Thanks to board members like former CIA director George Tenet, 
the company rapidly became a homeland-security heavy hitter."  "L-1 can legally supply its facial-recognition software 
for use by the Chinese government."

"I get to the customs line at JFK, watching hundreds of visitors line up to have their pictures taken and fingers 
scanned. In the terminal, someone hands me a brochure for "Fly Clear." All I need to do is have my fingerprints and 
irises scanned, and I can get a Clear card with a biometric chip that will let me sail through security. Later, I look 
it up: The company providing the technology is L-1."


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye/




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