China's surveillance state starts from digital ID Thread 1/ Citizens must apply for a ID card, which contains information: name, gender, nationality, date of birth, address, ID number, and biometric information, such as photos, facial features, palm features, fingerprints, DNA.

2/ In China, facial recognition (digital ID) is mandatory to get into airport and board your plane now. This was in 2019 Beijing airport

3/ In China, facial recognition (digital ID) is mandatory to get into the train station and take your train now. This was in 2018 Shanghai train station.

4/ In China, facial recognition (digital ID) is mandatory to get into the coach station and take your bus now. This was in 2019, in a coach station of Yunnan province.

5/ In China, facial recognition (digital ID) is mandatory to check in hotel now and the machine is linked to police station. If you are on the blacklist of #SocialCreditSystem, you cannot stay at any starred hotel.

The end In China, facial (digital ID) is mandatory to receive your pension and health insurance now. A care worker in a care home scanning the faces of elderly people, which would then allow them to access their pension and health insurance.

Sorry. I missed ''recognition''

The government should be on the receiving end of this, not the citizens. The government needs constant monitoring, not the citizens.

Couldn't agree more

@songpinganq I find your posts enlightening and horrifying at the same time. Thk you for showing us the realities of what it looks like when tech is used to watch/monitor/control society.

You are welcome. Resist at all costs now before it's too late