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Sixteen areas in China are using facial-recognition technology that can reportedly scan the country's population in one second, and the world's population in two seconds.
Over the last two years the system has been used to arrest 2,000 people.
The system is part of Skynet, a nationwide monitoring program launched in 2005 to increase the use and capabilities of surveillance cameras.
The use of facial-recognition technology is soaring in China where it is being used to increase efficiencies and improve policing. Cameras are used to catch jaywalkers, find fugitives, track people's regular hangouts, and even predict crime before it happens.
Discussion
How is facial-recognition technology being used in parts of China?
What's the current situation regarding surveillance an policing in Japan?
What other uses of facial-recognition technology are you aware of?
What's your opinion on technology used to track movements of everyone in a population?