> In China cameras use your gait to automatically ticket you for J-walking and automatically deduct funds from your bank account. I’ve read that before at least.
China is a huge place with a population larger than the entire western world combined, so I don't doubt something like that could be happening somewhere. Maybe it was a tech demo?
However in general that is not a thing. If you pick any of China's megacities and walk down a street it will take you all of 5 seconds to realize how absolutely not a thing that is. Jaywalking is rampant, so obviously there's efforts to crack down on it, but I've yet to see anyone be shy about it around cameras*.
* And cameras really are everywhere. Though I suspect a lot are closer to a decorative prop for deterrence than a surveillance tool.
"If I have nothing to hide I have nothing to fear" eh?
What a colossally bad thing to do for personal privacy. Yes let's give governments the ability to spot and pick up anyone they want for any reason under the guise of 'criminality'. ICE or the SS would have a field day.
I guess people better keep their mouth shut if they know what is good for them??
chmod775|18 days ago
China is a huge place with a population larger than the entire western world combined, so I don't doubt something like that could be happening somewhere. Maybe it was a tech demo?
However in general that is not a thing. If you pick any of China's megacities and walk down a street it will take you all of 5 seconds to realize how absolutely not a thing that is. Jaywalking is rampant, so obviously there's efforts to crack down on it, but I've yet to see anyone be shy about it around cameras*.
* And cameras really are everywhere. Though I suspect a lot are closer to a decorative prop for deterrence than a surveillance tool.
pdntspa|17 days ago
What a colossally bad thing to do for personal privacy. Yes let's give governments the ability to spot and pick up anyone they want for any reason under the guise of 'criminality'. ICE or the SS would have a field day.
I guess people better keep their mouth shut if they know what is good for them??
iso1631|18 days ago