well, at least China's honest and upfront with what they're doing or gunna do with their CCTV system..... unlike the "free democracies" the rest of us live in.... Hmmm... interesting "....American-financed company to recognize...." american financed huh? Could China mearly be the pilot program for what they want to do over here in the US? Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Loe Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:20 PM To: funsec Subject: [funsec] REAL CCTV on steroids story - and,"at least they're importing something of ours" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/worldbusiness/12security.html?ei=5065&en=2d7edb61ed14cb4d&ex=1187496000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People By KEITH BRADSHER <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/keith_bradsher/index.html?inline=nyt-per> SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 9 - At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company to recognize automatically the faces of police suspects and detect unusual activity. Starting this month in a port neighborhood and then spreading across Shenzhen, a city of 12.4 million people, residency cards fitted with powerful computer chips programmed by the same company will be issued to most citizens.
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