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Signal ignorance is “face exposure” in China, evolving surveillance

2019-09-21T21:13:40.319Z


When I finished the meal with my coworkers, the clock was already around midnight. There are almost no people or cars on the main street running through the business district. It's a red light, but I thought I'd cross over. People on a big screen set up across the road ...


A screen installed beside the pedestrian crossing. The scene of the person who ignored the signal is shown on September 5, 2019, taken by Masayuki Takada, Beijing

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When I finished the meal with my coworkers, the clock was already around midnight. There are almost no people or cars on the main street running through the business district. It's a red light, but I thought I'd cross over. I saw a person's face reflected on a large screen installed on the other side of the road. A nearby surveillance camera is facing you.

“Shooting time August 23, 2019, 21:00:13” “Number of times the red light was ignored: 2 times”

Oh, I cried out without thinking. The state of the person who ignored the signal at that location is shown along with the time and number of violations. One of the four screens has a close-up of the face. There is no mosaic. If the viewer sees it, you can identify who it is. The screen changes one after another every few seconds, and the people who ignored the signal one after another are projected.

A while in front of the screen ...

Source: asahi

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