Police in China Sure Love Smart Glasses
Police in China are utilizing smart glasses specifically designed for law enforcement purposes. These glasses are equipped with facial recognition technology and are being used for tasks such as traffic management and locating missing persons. While some applications may seem beneficial, concerns about privacy and surveillance are rising as similar technologies are being explored by police in other countries, including the U.S.
- ▪Chinese police are using domestically developed smart glasses for various tasks.
- ▪One reported use involved identifying a lost elderly man and reuniting him with his family.
- ▪The glasses are capable of facial recognition linked to government databases, raising civil liberties concerns.
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Smart glasses, in their post-Google Glass form, have found an audience with all sorts of people—theater-goers, Super Bowl streakers, and scumbags intent on extorting women, just to name a few. In China, you can now add policemen to that growing list. According to a report from China Daily, police in China aren’t just using smart glasses for routine police work; they’re donning pairs developed specially for use by cops, with both hardware and software that’s “made domestically.” Uses among Chinese police, according to the report, include “traffic management, street patrols, and locating missing people,” which sounds important and useful but also wanes towards the dystopic.
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