How China’s Surveillance Is Growing More Invasive | Visual Investigations

A New York Times analysis of over 100,000 government bidding documents found that China’s ambition to collect digital and biological data from its citizens is more expansive and invasive than previously known.

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[timothyhunter]

Ten years ago, all of this was shocking. Now it's not even surprising. Dystopia is accelerating.

[johnfrancis]

"Controlling your population is like holding sand in your hands. The stronger you squeeze the more sand falls between your finders. Soon your hands are empty." An old Chinese saying.

[G.e.o.d.e]

"Camera's should go in places where people fulfill their most common needs" I can now justify being scared to go to the bathroom

[John_Smith_]

Every citizen is a suspect, and every suspect is a potential criminal.

[hanquokkassi]

I study at a university in China (i currently attend online classes due to covid) and a senior of mine told me that in the campus's canteen, Chinese students can pay for their food just by scanning their faces, no cash, no cards, even no phones needed.

Thought that was pretty scary, but i didn't even think about the infrastructure that enables the whole system... It's absolutely insane

[Sjalabais]

Horrible dystopian implications aside, the amount of data this generates is baffling. The servers needed, and their backups, must consume as much energy as any tiny European country.

[JokersAce]

Everyone knows about mass surveillance via cameras and tracking, but this in combination with generational DNA collecting and analysis does not bode well for the future in general.

[KennyMcCormick]

If this is what we know...
JUST IMAGINE WHAT WE DONT KNOW!

[lipschitzlyapunov]

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." - Confucius

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of." - Confucius

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell." - Confucius

[phonouscaco]

a bunch of ppl claimed this malevolent surveillance act is nothing out of ordinary given that western governments have also allegedly done crackdown on its own citizens.. yet the thing is, this is a unprecedented case in terms of its vast scale and extent where it's being used

[robertcalamusso]

Not only is this Surviellence ~ it helps build China’s AI System.

[BlueBaron]

Minority Report ceasing to be fiction? What's really chilling is this documentary's final spoken sentence.

[RubmaLione]

This is actually super impressive (not that I agree with it being used). The tech isn’t new, but the combination of many technologies, services, massive databases, the incalculable scale, and the way it is constantly evolving probably makes it the first of its kind. I can imagine they will sell this tech to other countries.

[mausoleumdouche]

The mass COVID testing of the entire population surely provides a golden opportunity for DNA collection

[lucaslouzada]

Gee…looks like Snowden wasn’t full of BS afterall, right…?

[nastynas]

Great job! Thank you for combing through so many documents to make this informative video for us

[shanepatra]

This is scary. And I thought this only exist in movies.

[DrChickwit]

Scary. This is epitome of intrusiveness.

[benqurayza]

Such detailed personal information may be used to predict expected future crimes, political behavior, and other actions of individuals. Even if the individuals do not always act as predicted. Imagine, being arrested because predictive software expects you to commit a crime.

[mylife]

Snowden knows what usa does to its Citizens