June 9, 2020

China's Electronic Mass Surveillance System in Hong Kong Soon: Part 2

In addition to 91 million Communist Party members who, at the human intelligence level (humint) level, are required to report disloyalty to China's Ministry of State Security China has a vast electronic/internet mass surveillance system. Much of this effort is in Hong Kong already, but the new security laws will make coverage even more intense.

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"Mass surveillance in China is the network of monitoring systems used by the Chinese Communist Party to supervise the lives of Chinese citizens.[1] It is primarily conducted through the government, although non-publicized corporate surveillance in connection with the Chinese government has been speculated to occur. China monitors its citizens through Internet, camera as well as through other digital technologies.[2][3] Mass surveillance in China is closely related to its Social Credit System, [see flow chart below at 2. ] and has significantly expanded under the China Internet Security Law and with the help of local companies like TencentDahua TechnologyHikvisionSenseTimeByteDance,[4] MegviiHuawei and ZTE, among many others.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] 

As of 2019, it is estimated that 200 million monitoring CCTV cameras of the "Skynet" system have been put to use in mainland China, four times as many surveillance cameras in the United States.[2][13][14] By 2020, the number of surveillance cameras in mainland China is expected to reach 626 million.[15][16][17]"

In connection with camera surveillance, the Chinese government is developing a social credit system that rates the trustworthiness of [Chinese and soon Hong Kong] citizens by analyzing their social behaviors and collecting fiscal and government data.
[79][80][81] After capturing people's activities and identifying them through facial recognition techniques, the government links their activities to this personal credit rating so that the information is stored in a quantifiable and measurable way. 

Under this algorithmic surveillance system, people, their identities, and their actions are connected to a citizen score.[82] By utilizing information gathered about the citizens' activities captured by cameras and analyzing them with AI and data mining techniques, the state calculates and updates their citizen scores regularly. 

Participation in this system is currently voluntary but will become mandatory in 2020.[3][80][82] Many Chinese citizens have already started using the Sesame Credit created and operated by Alibaba, an e-commerce company.[82] The Sesame Credit is designed such that those with good credit scores can live a more convenient life than others with low credits scores.[3][80] For instance, people with high credit scores do not need to pay deposits when checking in at hotels and can obtain visas more quickly than others.[79][80] On the other hand, people with low credit scores cannot easily eat in restaurants, register at hotels, purchase products, or travel freely.[79][80]"

MORE SEE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_China

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China's Social Credit System, including Travel Ban and other restrictions. Click here to vastly expand image so its readable. (Image courtesy https://nhglobalpartners.com/chinas-social-credit-system-explained/ ).

Scary!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hong Kong is done.