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Chinese Police Arrest Man in a Crowd of 60,000 With the Aid of Facial Recognition Technology

posted by takyon on Saturday April 14 2018, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-my-mask? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Chinese police have used facial recognition technology to locate and arrest a man who was among a crowd of 60,000 concert goers. The suspect, who has been identified only as Mr Ao, was attending a concert by pop star Jacky Cheung in Nanchang city last weekend when he was caught. Police said the 31-year-old, who was wanted for "economic crimes", was "shocked" when he was caught.

China has a huge surveillance network of over 170 million CCTV cameras.

Mr Ao was identified by cameras at the concert's ticket entrance, and apprehended by police after he had sat down with other concert goers. "The suspect looked completely caught by surprise when we took him away," police officer Li Jin told state news agency Xinhua.

Also at The Washington Post.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @03:32AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @03:32AM (#666767)

    That's pretty good facial recognition tech. They all look alike to me.

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  • (Score: 4, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday April 14 2018, @04:44AM (1 child)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday April 14 2018, @04:44AM (#666798) Homepage Journal

    It's very easy for China. Because they don't have the black folks that we have. You show a picture of a black person to facial recognition cyber, the cyber doesn't see a person. And it doesn't see a picture of a person. All it sees is the blackness. Big problem for our law enforcement!!!

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Gaaark on Saturday April 14 2018, @01:01PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday April 14 2018, @01:01PM (#666909) Journal

      The police need to stop painting their gun training targets black: they might not shoot black people on sight as much.

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