- Sixteen areas in China are using facial-recognition technology that can reportedly scan the country’s population in one second, and the world’s population in two seconds.
- Over the last two years the system has been used to arrest 2,000 people.
- Facial-recognition technology is soaring in China where it is being used to help consumers as well as police, who can track people’s movements, friends, and even try to predict crime.
Across China, facial-recognition technology that can scan the country’s entire population is being put to use. In some cases, the technology can perform the task in just one second.
Sixteen cities, municipalities, and provinces are using a frighteningly fast surveillance system that has an accuracy rate of 99.8%, Global Times reported over the weekend.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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