Enabled by a vast network of cameras across the country the government is using the technology for surveillance.
China security cameras.
China projected to have one cctv camera for every two people by 2022 is a harbinger of what society looks like with surveillance unchecked.
Facial recognition technology became part of the fabric of life in china in 2019.
It is primarily conducted through the government although non publicized corporate surveillance in connection with the chinese government has been speculated to occur.
Federal government bodies should ve started kicking out tech from chinese surveillance dealers.
A complex web of supply chain logistics and licensing agreements make it almost impossible to know whether a security camera is actually made in china or contains components that would violate u s.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought surveillance cameras closer to people s private lives.
From public spaces in the city to the front doors of their homes and in some rare cases surveillance.
A new report has disclosed that cameras provided by china s dahua and its oems the world s second largest cctv camera manufacturer have been carrying the risk of backdoor eavesdropping even.
But thousands of snooping cameras from the likes of hikvision and dahua remain on u s.