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titaniumtown | 2 days ago

> After printing the line, a popup opened and my camera was activated. The app wanted me to submit my information, presumably to decide what to do with me next time I enter China.

Was this on your personal device? I'm just wondering how it activated your camera. I would love more details!

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anvuong|2 days ago

Yeah that part is either just bullshit or OP gave the bot access to his camera previously, which is just dumb.

crossroadsguy|1 day ago

OP might have meant that it asked for camera permission. Or OP might have set camera permission to auto allow but then that is also stupid (more so).

Justitia|1 day ago

I would not be surprised if they just activated the camera

sixseven|1 day ago

The story smells like bullshit to me.

9999px|2 days ago

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parl_match|2 days ago

An increasing use of AI is to gather user feedback. The Chatbot UI detected an error state, and then loaded a feedback vendor, who then popped the camera open for their interactive feedback session

I've run into this a few times, now.

So what OP is saying is plausible, I just don't appreciate their added and probably incorrect conclusion that it's because the government of China wants to do something to them