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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Big Brother is watching you!

Just read this pretty interesting / explosive article about a Chinese program called "Golden Shield".  Piloting in the special economic zone of Shenzhen, the program aims to create a total monitoring and government surveillance network.

Linking together biometric scanning, face-recognition software, and a citywide network of high definition cameras, the governemnt is trying to tie together all the data to monitor and protect its citizens.


Its a long read, but well worth it.....especially since it features cameos by good American firms like General Electric, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Cisco, and google.

check it out.....Rolling Stone link

found via Brave New Traveler

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