New Facial Recognition Payment for China

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Alibaba launches new facial recognition payment equipment
Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-28



An employee demonstrates a facial recognition payment equipment dubbed "Dragonfly" at a bakery shop in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2018. The e-commerce giant Alibaba launched a new facial recognition payment equipment dubbed "Dragonfly". A series of bakery shops are expected to use Dragonfly in payment in the next six months. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-1 ... 703501.htm

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Facial recognition technology is also used by police to find fugitives from the law. In this case, Chinese police stepped up surveillance of all fans attending concerts of Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung on his China tour.

China uses facial recognition to arrest fugitives
27 December 2018
- Chinese authorities have used facial recognition technology at concert venues to arrest dozens of criminal suspects.

Local media report that since April, the police have been making the arrests at concerts across China by well-known Hong Kong singer, Jacky Cheung.

The security cameras' facial recognition system reportedly detected about 60 fugitives.

They were arrested on various charges, including property damage, fraud and trading illegal drugs.

The celebrity's unwitting contribution to the arrests went viral on the Internet, with Cheung being called "the enemy of fugitives".

Authorities have set up surveillance cameras throughout the country, citing a strengthening of public security.

China is said to have around 170 million of the cameras, many with the ability to identify individuals.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20181227_10/

[Arget]

Talk about Big Brother watching......................... The authorities can track you anywhere and everywhere that you go where they have cameras. As this network expands so does the area of surveillance.