China has been using biometric technologies for a while to scan the public. Now they are being used to identify jaywalkers and send them warning via SMS, along with a fine.
China plans to roll out a national social credit system by 2020, which will keep a record of citizens' violation of laws and directly affect their ability to do things like get a loan or get hired for a job. According to the South China Morning Post, devices like the jaywalking facial recognition system will be part of this network to keep track of the number of jaywalking violations and change a person's social credit score accordingly.
Major cities have already deployed similar facial recognition activities to monitor traffic behavior and track drivers.
From Motherboard : China Is Using Facial Recognition Technology to Send Jaywalkers Fines Through Text Messages.
See also South China Morning Post : Jaywalkers under surveillance in Shenzhen soon to be punished via text messages.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @11:07AM (1 child)
Yesyesyes, the guns to make a stand with.
I really do wonder: when ARE they actually going to take a stand with them guns?
Instead of mowing down innocent schoolchildren, or equally innocent non-WASPs lying spreadeagled on the floor, shouting "I'm unarmed, don't shoot please!" ?
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @11:20AM
Besides the fact that most gun violence is Blacks killing Blacks, it is also the case the the vast majority of school children are killed in the government's schools.
You'll note that nutcases don't go to police barracks to shoot people up; rather, the choose gun-free zones (including some military bases)—not even the police liaisons in government schools are allowed to carry guns.
So, minorities and governments are at the heart of gun violence. Go figure.