<story><title>Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/07/feature/in-china-facial-recognition-is-sharp-end-of-a-drive-for-total-surveillance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>YeGoblynQueenne</author><text>In China, the government watches your every move. In the rest of the world, it&amp;#x27;s your phone.&lt;p&gt;Edit: No, but wait because this is published in the Washington Post, the same Washington Post who was declaring &amp;quot;No Pardon for Edward Snowden&amp;quot; just last September [1]. If its editors are so appalled by surveillance, as we should all certainly be, why are they not as appalled about the mass surveillance used by their own government on their own fellow citizens?&lt;p&gt;_________________&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;edward-snowden-doesnt-deserve-a-pardon&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;ec04d448-7c2e-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?utm_term=.071591ae401f&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;edward-snowden-doesn...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/07/feature/in-china-facial-recognition-is-sharp-end-of-a-drive-for-total-surveillance/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>leggomylibro</author><text>&amp;gt;a toilet roll dispenser at a public facility outside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing reportedly scans faces to keep people from stealing too much paper,&lt;p&gt;I have several questions:&lt;p&gt;1. Wait, am I stealing paper when I use a public restroom? Are those dispensers like the &amp;#x27;take a penny, leave a penny&amp;#x27; tills?&lt;p&gt;2. Is there an acceptable amount of stealing which the facial recognition limits, or does it alert the management any time that paper is dispensed and leave the judgement to human beings?&lt;p&gt;3. There are literally cameras in the stalls?&lt;p&gt;4. How long is its memory? If it shuts me down, can I simply wait for someone else to go in before resuming my theft?</text></comment>