Protestors In Hong Kong Are Cutting Down Facial Recognition Towers [GIF]

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[–]soundsalad 14 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

I feel like they are always one step ahead of the curve. Maybe because their government is also one step ahead of the curve in terms of implementing authoritarian and intrusive technology.

[–]magnora7[S] 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Necessity is the mother of invention

[–]jet199Instigatrix 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Well it's the people who keep the government running and developing, not the other way round.

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Maybe because their government is also one step ahead of the curve in terms of implementing authoritarian and intrusive technology.

All of this facial recognition/mass surveillance stuff was pioneered in the West. Like it usually goes, China just copies.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The West makes it, China tests it, then the West uses it. Is that how it goes?

[–]asterias 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Their government just follows in the steps of western governments. The difference is that in the West most people don't mind it. Hong Kong protesters get a lot of sympathy from the West, where all these technologies have already been implemented, isn't it ironic?