High-Tech Plan to Track People

08-12-07, 12:12 AM

I don't like this.

Security experts describe China’s plans as the world’s largest effort to meld cutting-edge computer technology with police work to track the activities of a population and fight crime. But they say the technology can be used to violate civil rights.

And I don't like this either.

Incorporated in Florida, China Public Security has raised much of the money to develop its technology from two investment funds in Plano, Tex., Pinnacle Fund and Pinnacle China Fund. Three investment banks — Roth Capital Partners in Newport Beach, Calif.; Oppenheimer & Company in New York; and First Asia Finance Group of Hong Kong — helped raise the money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/bu...gewanted=print

Skybird · 08-12-07, 04:28 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=120189

Again my invitation to watch that docu. I knew only some of the detail information when having read about them, or saw it in some TV films, but never thought about it all in a connected context. I dare say what the Chinese are doing is not really something new.

08-12-07, 12:12 AM	#1
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	High-Tech Plan to Track People I don't like this. Security experts describe China’s plans as the world’s largest effort to meld cutting-edge computer technology with police work to track the activities of a population and fight crime. But they say the technology can be used to violate civil rights. And I don't like this either. Incorporated in Florida, China Public Security has raised much of the money to develop its technology from two investment funds in Plano, Tex., Pinnacle Fund and Pinnacle China Fund. Three investment banks — Roth Capital Partners in Newport Beach, Calif.; Oppenheimer & Company in New York; and First Asia Finance Group of Hong Kong — helped raise the money. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/bu...gewanted=print

08-12-07, 04:28 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,703 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=120189 Again my invitation to watch that docu. I knew only some of the detail information when having read about them, or saw it in some TV films, but never thought about it all in a connected context. I dare say what the Chinese are doing is not really something new. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.