China's All-Seeing Eye


	China's All-Seeing Eye

Silkweaver

5-23-2008 11:55 AM

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polotics, chaina, surveillance, state police

Silkweaver says:

This is an example of the dangerous combination of information technology, and totalitarian non democratic regimes.

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5-23-2008 3:22 PM

ericskiff

I've seen some tech demos of facial recognition programs and cameras, and they make this really scary. You don't have to have someone watching a camera 24/7 for it to see you go by.

5-26-2008 11:02 AM

meancookie89

Creepy George Orwell I989 ooooooooooooo big china is watching you!

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