POLICY_ 'It improves targeting’: Americans under threat from Chinese facial recognition systems, Rubio warns

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

'It improves targeting’: Americans under threat from Chinese facial recognition systems, Rubio warns


by Joel Gehrke | August 27, 2019 04:00 AM


Chinese facial recognition technology is spreading to cities around the world, heightening the risk of travel for U.S. government officials and even private citizens, according to a top lawmaker.

“It improves targeting,” Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told the Washington Examiner. “That sort of activity could imperil Americans traveling abroad, including those who are involved in the business sector, not just those involved in intelligence and diplomacy.”

China’s use of high-tech surveillance has returned to the international spotlight as Hong Kong protesters with electric saws cut down government “smart lampposts” they fear could identify them to mainland Communist authorities. Those scenes underscore how Beijing’s spy services could exploit partnerships between local governments and Chinese technological giants to gain advantages in a worldwide competition with the United States.

“At its most basic level, the more you know about someone, the easier it is for you to target, leverage them, or use their information to make predictive decisions about it,” said Rubio, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees.

China's authorities have deployed roughly 200 million cameras across the country to maintain control by expanding surveillance to deter behavior they don't like. But Rubio is also worried about the ramifications of places outside China relying on the same technology for security. That concern was stoked during a recent trip to Kenya.

...

READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/chinas-overseas-smart-city-surveillance-empire-could-trap-americans-lawmakers-warn


***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc .
Kính chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị .

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
28082019
___________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC