FW: [IP] China's All-Seeing Eye

spooky.  From Dr. Farbers IP list via the EE Kid.

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From: David Farber
To: ip
Sent: 5/19/2008 5:39 AM
Subject: [IP] China's All-Seeing Eye

"Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been
installed throughout the city. Many are in public spaces, disguised as
lampposts. The closed-circuit TV cameras will soon be connected to a
single, nationwide network, an all-seeing system that will be capable of
tracking and identifying anyone who comes within its range — a project
driven in part by U.S. technology and investment. Over the next three
years, Chinese security executives predict they will install as many as
2 million CCTVs in Shenzhen, which would make it the most watched city
in the world."

"The end goal is to use the latest people-tracking technology —
thoughtfully supplied by American giants like IBM, Honeywell and General
Electric... "  "...to identify and counteract dissent before it explodes
into a mass movement like the one that grabbed the world's attention at
Tiananmen Square."

"The mergers made L-1 a one-stop shop for biometrics. Thanks to board
members like former CIA director George Tenet, the company rapidly
became a homeland-security heavy hitter."  "L-1 can legally supply its
facial-recognition software for use by the Chinese government."

"I get to the customs line at JFK, watching hundreds of visitors line up
to have their pictures taken and fingers scanned. In the terminal,
someone hands me a brochure for "Fly Clear." All I need to do is have my
fingerprints and irises scanned, and I can get a Clear card with a
biometric chip that will let me sail through security. Later, I look it
up: The company providing the technology is L-1."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye
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