The use of face recognition technology by the Chinese Communist Party is turning mainlanders into “transparent people”. The picture is a file photo.
The Chinese Communist Party has spread face surveillance to every corner and every field on the mainland, which is increasingly disgusting to the mainland people. Some analysts say that the application of face recognition technology is turning mainland people into “transparent people”.
According to a recent anonymous poll conducted by Xinjing think tank with more than 1,500 participants, 87.46% of the respondents opposed the use of face recognition technology in commercial areas; 68.64% of the respondents believed that such technology should not be used to enter and exit residential areas; and 43% of the respondents did not want to use such technology in hospitals, schools and offices.
The poll also showed that 96.14% of the respondents were worried that their personal information would be leaked; 51.4% of the respondents said they were forced to use face recognition technology without any choice.
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The Voice of America quoted Mr. Lin of Wuhan as saying on Feb. 12, “Every Time I go out to a scenic spot, one of those machines appears – a face recognition machine. Is it necessary? It’s very useful for criminals and a little bit inappropriate for the privacy aspect of ordinary citizens.”
Mr. Li of Shanghai said, “Now it’s the parks that also engage in face recognition and don’t let just go in; the shopping malls that use face recognition, the managers don’t let you in either. In addition, the technology network platform, Internet finance, face recognition technology is abused will be more terrible, this is a problem involving financial security.”
Mr. Li opposes this proliferation of face recognition on the mainland, where people swipe their faces everywhere and leave their face information, but it does not ensure that those who monitor and manage this information are safe.
The Southern Metropolis Daily published the “Public Research Report on Face Recognition Applications (2020)” in September 2020, which mentions at least 10 current face swipe scenarios on the mainland – payment transfer, account opening and canceling, real name registration, unlocking and decryption, face changing entertainment, government errands, traffic security checks, access control attendance, campus/online Education and public safety supervision.
Most respondents expressed concern about the security risks of face swiping, including 63.64% worrying about “face information leakage”, 54.4% worrying about “personal whereabouts being continuously recorded”, and 53.72% worrying about “account theft, resulting in property loss”. Of these, 63.64% worry about “face information leakage”, 54.4% worry about “personal whereabouts being continuously recorded” and 53.72% worry about “account theft and property loss”.
China’s face recognition makes people “transparent”
Hu Jia, a human rights activist on the mainland, told the Voice of America, “If you are concerned about your privacy, you will find that face recognition technology has turned you into a ‘transparent person’ without your authorization, without your permission, without your participation in any discussion. In this country, you’ll find that Big Brother is watching you at all times, and he knows everything.”
He said the misuse of facial recognition technology is closely related to (Chinese Communist) government actions. In places like Shenzhen and Shenyang, once a red-light runner enters the camera area, his or her image, name, ID number and other personal information immediately appears on an electronic billboard on the street, a “public display” process so fast that it is started and completed before the red-light runner even reaches the opposite side of the road.
Hu Jia said: “Now because of the impact of the Epidemic, China has developed new products in the last year as a matter of urgency. With a mask, with a hat, the authorities are also immediately able to know who you are, as long as you show your eyes, the eye in that point in the face recognition system can be determined, the accuracy rate is said to be more than 85%, and now there is more than face recognition technology, there is also gait recognition, that is, you wrap yourself up, walking posture can be recognized.”
The Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance methods are ubiquitous, with cameras in every corner, and on July 22, 2020 the British internet services security firm Compalitech released a report showing that the number of cameras installed on the mainland is half the global total, with an average of up to 119.57 CCTV cameras per 1,000 people in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, for example.
The Chinese Communist Party claims that the purpose of surveillance is to maintain law and order, but Comparitech’s “crime index,” which is based on the global database Numbeo, shows that there is little correlation between the number of surveillance devices and the level of security.
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