How China Tracks Everyone

VICE's Elle Reeve heads to China to investigate the rise of facial recognition technology - and what that means for all of us.
This report originally aired April 13, 2018, on VICE on HBO.
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[@simplyparkour7586]

I don't think people understand how creepy this is.

[@Xiicuyn]

All part of the control system that theyll add to

[@smok4101]

They rate you based on how many times you exit and enter your own apartment? If you spend too much time outside you might be doing suspicious activity?

[@LLLLLLEON216]

people in the 1500s would think the idea of credit cards is creepy and yet here we are in a society where we pay everything with credit cards.

[@urosnedeljkovic9932]

@Ned Chil can you expand on that one please? What does their social life look like and do all of them blindly trust the government?

[@tab8k]

Bouncy M&M Credit cards are still creepy: convenient yes, private no. Cash is king!

[@devashish_]

When your FBI agent is being watched by his Chinese Agent

[@jeffg5579]

*I believe you mean *CONTROLLED BY*

[@patrickmccarthy5617]

@Ricardo Ricardo I wonder what life is like in farm land China.

[@user-rj1hh6ei7x]

🤣 🤔 mmm

[@PoizonGirl.]

@Ricardo Ricardo yea. Nobody wants to even think about it. They are too busy being ignorant till the bots will enslave humans 🤣 and i mean this seriously. It would be well deserved. 😭

[@dramatriangle]

To what end?

[@CptUhudini]

I’m 100% convinced that the guy from the company lied when he said he isn’t worried about privacy. He was too scared to say something, he would have lost is job

[@badlav120]

Or worse

[@johnnylego807]

@@iamfighterman9646 what happens when the it’s a crime too go toilet? Go “toilet” on sundays? What happens when the laws are unjust?

[@johnnylego807]

@@iamfighterman9646what happens when the comment you just wrote is illegal? By law? It’s not so simple. Do you follow laws designed too hurt you?

[@akshat3422]

Westerners act as if no one has their info

[@must205]

​@@akshat3422 no argument whatsoever.

[@dannyzero692]

You know naming a smart surveillance system "Skynet" doesn't fair too well.

[@user-vc9td2bk5g]

In fact, its Chinese name is "天网", which is an allusion. The full name is "天网恢恢，疏而不漏". The literal translation is that The net falling from the sky is huge, sparse but not missing. You can understand that as long as you commit a crime, you will definitely be punished

[@maartendj2724]

Sci-fi movie writers: Let's warn the public about the dark sides of technology. Chinese viewers: Very inspiring content, thank you!

[@ericlingren4792]

Soo true

[@mrallworthit]

I ain't Chinese but traditional Chinese 40 years ago wasn't like this. So it's more the CCP. :)

[@emzee1148]

There is the joke about North Korea using 1984 as a blueprint.

[@saszablaze1]

Predictions fed onto millions of minds manifests that future. Penny. Drop...

[@Lost_Scarf]

🤣

[@h3rres]

i don’t like this episode of black mirror

[@boibrainiac]

dude I love black mirror!!!!

[@khalidsparrow101]

@@boibrainiac 🙄

[@thewizardsnow]

Me too man. Me too...

[@revirdkcalb]

I thought they didn't have Netflix in China

[@agme8045]

Revird Kcalb maybe they have Netflix but heavily censored, i mean not all countries have the same content and china everything that talks bad about the government or country, thats why s lot of movies are being china friendly, because then they open the market to more than 1 billion people

[@Keltrexxx]

When art imitates life, it’s beautiful When life imitates art, it’s just plain scary

[@Lousy_Bastard]

The western world is heading the same way just a bit slower and also done covertly.

[@vkrgfan]

Are you serious? Do you guys live under the rock? or do you purposely have a selected memory? How about whistleblower Snowden who is btw hiding in Russia right now, for the same reason of exposing the US government spying on its citizens.

[@eukaris18]

Just don’t vote for Democrats and we will be fine

[@ASAPJermz]

@@eukaris18 I agree although the right has it's issues as well..

[@That_GuyYouTube]

@@eukaris18 who started the war on drugs? Who started the war on terror? The Patriot Act?

[@That_GuyYouTube]

@@ASAPJermz the right is both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party dude. There is nothing left wing about the Democrats, not since LBJ

[@Democracy-is-non-negotiable]

This is what they are willing to tell us

[@leganzar7831]

clearly.... They proved that when Marvel bent the knee and who owns VICE? Disney... Who owns Marvel hmm.... Disney.... I'm sure that's just a coincidence and I'm a nutty conspiracy theorist :) or not.

[@breakingames7772]

They didn't learn history I guess...people only take so much control before they snap and kill everyone that rules them. 100% they are talking about it at every dinner table everyday, especially after seeing Hong Kong fighting for their rights

[@TomFoti]

@@breakingames7772 True, but I'm starting to get a bad feeling their dinner tables may be miked up.

[@roseredgreen7908]

ant mayorga big brother is watching you

[@user-jj4sj9rf7x]

And what US gov are not willing to tell you guys.

[@HazyJ28]

HUMANITY NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU GIVE UP PRIVACY FOR SECURITY, YOU END UP WITH NEITHER.

[@productreview2195]

YOUR RIGHT

[@Twilightdream2012]

Just as our earlier president said, "Those who give up their freedom and rights for security deserve neither"! That is close not verbatim, but close enough!

[@SamLazier]

I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT, CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN?

[@sibtainali1033]

Think you forgot about NSA

[@aianparnikov7445]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[@solarwind907]

She did a really good job of interviewing people. Thank you!

[@sergioinnit]

china tracks its citizens every government in the world: sweating in the distance

[@SaudiHaramco]

"we're building a giant satelite which we call the 'death star.' it's inspired by star wars, but we want to use it to do good."

[@rickc2102]

😂👍

[@0neofthegreatest]

don't forget about the "good" version of skynet...we're pretty much fucked at this point.

[@godisgoogle6957]

'Good' quite an unreliable word

[@bryanmoyna9715]

exactly.

[@riggingpots3453]

Any idea what it's called or are you taking about skynet

[@chrispenney]

"So what does the future of this technology look like?" "An episode of black mirror." "But that is a horror show!" "Yeah..... haha."

[@aceofspades02]

yes... moments after he had said "Skynet in the movie is bad, our Skynet is good".

[@luke-yy5zp]

@@xCDF-pt8kj I'm Brazilian and our president (bolsonaro) met huawaii in order to discuss the implementation of this system here. If it happen, i would go to amazônia instead shoot myself.

[@luke-yy5zp]

@@xCDF-pt8kj And now, they are collecting informations from the cellphones... and they tell it is to protect us from the covid-19. Thats bad man

[@akanta5746]

@@luke-yy5zp altho tbh in most countries your government intelligence agency probably knows every single tiny bit about you, security cameras would just make it easier for them to track you dont but they can already track you down. If you use the internet (which I assume you do) then you have no privacy, as the sun microsystems ceo once said.Privacy is dead rip

[@mr.universe740]

@@xCDF-pt8kj feel like it would be bad if jobs used that a tool as well.

[@saikikusuo1789]

This is soo creepy. They literally are bringing into life those sci-fi movies.

[@lmontoyad]

We already fell in the trap. Facebook and Google give us some kind of reward (free services) in exchange for an enormous amount of data free of cost for them. We would have to be naive to assume that governments would allow this companies to collect that kind of information and grow as much as they have without getting involved.

[@leonardouau]

Guys, stop using "well but the people don't complain about the system" as an argument, there's obvious reasons to why they don't complain

[@rabbidscool]

Because they are scared of ccp and will track them down...

[@Cheldesho]

you dont f with ma boy Jinping

[@shlomojoesteingoldbidenber5059]

That's the Future of New World Order

[@GabyTeeMUA]

Exactly. This is how authoritarian communism evolves in the digital world. Truly terrifying

[@loveandlight3486]

Demerit system

[@Fishfingers232]

It's scary, that guy's seen black mirror so it's not like he's ignorant, but has taken completely the wrong message from it.

[@wills242]

Fishfingers232 literally wtf. How do you misinterpret that hard and not even acknowledge another perspective

[@davidl2662]

they cut away what he said before that. but it does seem the chinese are trying to create a superior class of people and slowly persuading the lower class to not reproduce.

[@Tertiantoon]

Yun Fu Chill. It’s not too hard to see that a black mirror episode in real life is bad

[@davidl2662]

@@Tertiantoon it probably won't get that extreme. And it probably would be pretty good if you have talent and rise up to upper class society.

[@TheIndogamer]

I'm pretty sure he did. But was told to reinterpret.

[@RLee-oz6gl]

What worries me even more is that this system will definitely get abused with faked people and false evidence. An ai can fake someone's actions and cause that to become "proof" of a crime.

[@mannsengshoo1657]

This system have many flaws. My experience. I was purposely bump by people, and when I push her back, I was accuse by the screen who record me pushing the person, and was accuse of starting a fight meaning I was seen as posing a criminal act to another person. In reality this kind of surveillance camera can heavily wrong an innocent person and violating public privacy

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

"In reality this kind of surveillance camera can heavily wrong an innocent person and violating public privacy" agreed

[@kevintoner6068]

“So in the movie skynet is evil.... but in China skynet is good?” “Yeah that’s the difference “ *nervously adjusts glasses*

[@sarkermahmud]

Unlike USA China didn't kill 1 millions Iraqis

[@kevintoner6068]

@@sarkermahmud You can make endless arguments about the atrocities that certain countries have committed (e.g. America with the native Indians) or are currently committing (e.g. China with the Uighurs) It's just better not to start making comparisons. The list of different "unlike" statements (similar to your one) that someone can make for both of these countries is probably really long

[@yasukesan8829]

@@sarkermahmud uncle sam isn't good either but China just gave a company called Skynet ....which is highly ironic...its private information...no wonder people were being silenced when Covid started by the govt...complete surveillance is never the answer...the govt is now God

[@joewallace9030]

​@@sarkermahmud Where tf are you getting those numbers?.. And why are you commenting that here?

[@xinronghao7648]

@@yasukesan8829 is criminal database private information too? Think about what their intention was, or if I may ask, do you think if the criminals do whatever they want and play with the grey area of rules due to the lack of surveillance could make a country moral and not creepy???

[@georgewashington7833]

I'm a tech nerd but for this I'm willing to go back to the stone ages. Just sick.

[@scouseshamrock2513]

This is why we are in covid now, the laws are changing daily and the new world order is on its way, trump has been removed this is it bro it’s here and ready

[@francoisnel5253]

Just be conscious of what you spend your time and energy into, what it helps create...

[@FPSPARKER]

@@francoisnel5253 Man I really needed to hear that. Thank you!

[@francoisnel5253]

@@FPSPARKER Yeah man, they see our attention as a resource these days. We need to be mindful of where we focus it.

[@Lightnings]

The demise of humanity. We all become robots. Yay.

[@S.3744]

Disgusting. Shame on the Chinese for allowing it.

[@mundokabaso9240]

how the hell can you rank someone's beauty? what a tragic direction to go in.

[@SWLinPHX]

Just like most models have the same qualities. There is a rough general consensus.

[@mundokabaso9240]

@@SWLinPHX Indeed, but that should stay in the shallow depths that is the modelling industry. Implementing such comparisons into every day life is a one way ticket to even more depression and mental health conditions in an already fragile society.

[@SWLinPHX]

@@mundokabaso9240 I understand, but that Pandora's Box has already been opened by strangers posting videos online. Even good-natured videos draw nasty remarks about the creator's looks and personal attacks in KZbin comments from strangers emboldened by anonymity.

[@mundokabaso9240]

@@SWLinPHX It's true. We've gone too far!

[@Krbydav328]

They probably machine learned with a bunch of magazine models. Yuck

[@MohAmuza]

Edward Snowden: The NSA is watching you secretly! China Government: let me show you how I do it publicly!!

[@dylanburns5780]

Moh Amuza anything u share with the public you share with the enemy

[@MohAmuza]

@@dylanburns5780the video shows the tools that are used to get data are public but the data itself is hidden from the public!

[@CosmicFist]

China to its Citizens: 𝐨𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞?

[@syarifairlangga4608]

Chinese government give some discount in public service if the citizen participate in survilience program tho

[@damida2865]

They wanna live safely and without disorder, to develop their country. That's better than many western countries.

[@englishwithteachermarius5950]

This is sick. Yeah they dont complain cause it will cost them their life

[@hngyuli7455]

Why aren't you complaining about being tracked online? It won't cost you your life.

[@englishwithteachermarius5950]

@@hngyuli7455 Simple, because I can't be tracked LOL Just take the correct steps

[@veev2561]

But they are conditioned from birth,or in the womb

[@veev2561]

And they bring that communism to the usa,in government jobs,tech,med community

[@polehuggermusic]

Exactly

[@HashimMohammed_8BP]

Literally you are being watched every second as soon as you step out of your house.

[@jessicatbeauty15]

They literally referenced black mirror as an INSPIRATION! This is the start to every dystopian novel ever

[@huracanmeyer421]

Shows like Black Mirror is the way to train your mind, to accept the future...

[@mastersonogashira1796]

Not rly, cuz Black Mirror is censored in China......

[@rish8357]

So creepy

[@unicorn9957]

@@mastersonogashira1796 Doesn't really have to train their minds to easily accept it, they are already LIVING it.

[@MacroAggressor]

@@unicorn9957 Yep. They're already compliant and unarmed over there.

[@jjmcwill1881]

Americans watch black mirror: omg I hope that never happens! Chinese: What an innovative idea. Lets get to work!

[@chips2628]

@ilgamesh despite the risk

[@benxinghai8649]

In China there's a joke about this situation-- George Orwell: I wrote 1984 as an allegorical warning, not a fuxking instruction handbook!

[@dnaba_rry]

@@benxinghai8649 book title please

[@pouletlemieux5302]

@@benxinghai8649 1984 was based on the instruction hanbook of the elite. How do you think Orwell was able to write that down and predict things like smart tvs?

[@mihlalisoki5134]

@@dnaba_rry the book title is 1984

[@ranjithpowell6791]

I’d be more worried about this technology in the hands of America than China.

[@totchj]

Viewers: we don't want to be recognized in public! Also viewers: let our phones be unlocked by our faces! Also viewers: why don't they track criminals as they appear in public? Isn't there some technology for that?

[@thea-ronator57]

They actually named their omniscient surveillance system "Skynet." How lovely.

[@commandernemex3478]

We're doomed

[@myposter1003]

Based on my knowledge in Chinese, I think the name "Skynet" came from a Chinese idiom "the heaven's vengeance is slow but will sure arrive", meaning that justice will arrive eventually and the criminals will eventually be caught, no matter how late. And the Chinese translation of "the heaven's vengeance" comprises two Chinese character, with the 1st character meaning "sky" and the 2nd character meaning "net". Although the 2 characters together as a word means "justice" or "the justice system", they just put "sky" and "net" together and used "Skynet" as its English name, lol. Therefore, I think it's probably a stupid translation issue, instead of intentionally using the name from the film.

[@thea-ronator57]

@@myposter1003 That's neat, but the guy literally said in the video that they named it after the AI from Terminator my dude

[@myposter1003]

​@@thea-ronator57 Yeah, his words got me confused. Cuz no matter whether they use this system to monitor people or to find criminals or both, they won't say straight "I am monitoring people". Instead, they only say it's helping finding the criminals. So why use such a name "Skynet" that potentially lead people to think that way? In addition, since it's an English name, it will also look bad internationally. That's why I tend to believe it was a translation issue, anyways

[@infoworld7706]

it is not how you would imagine it to work. for instance, if you want to know someone or some companies, you can check if they have repudiated a debt or not before you doing business with them. isn't that great?

[@Azrael999]

When black mirror is no longer fiction, but a documentary film

[@oldheadplayhou5e]

it already was.

[@zionnaranje7298]

Always has been

[@jake4297]

the world health organization said even after a vaccine we still need mass surveillance and tracking. Resist the Great Reset. Liberty or Death

[@ouiouisoundsdelish8380]

But will it punish regular children the same as the children of presidential candidates for stealing lemonade ?

[@J3diMindTrix]

This is fucking creepy and terrifying. Welcome to 1984, world! Except even Orwell couldn't foresee how advanced the tech would be to strip us all of all our rights and freedoms. Totalitarian, dystopian future devoid of all liberty is almost here for everyone, not just China though it is already reality there and the most extreme expression of it (but what do you expect from an authoritarian communist hellhole, they would use whatever is at their disposal to achieve the same results). This is just a blueprint for the rest of the world, As it's every government's (read: control system) dream come true. This should be disgusting and deeply troubling to any world citizen in equal measure. We all have a inalienable right to privacy. Fight for and take back your freedoms before it's too late. Evil prevails when good men do nothing. We've been sold this crap under the guise of 'ooh, look, shiny new things' and 'advanced AI can only be good for us, right' which has no factual basis in reality and now we're only just starting to see how dangerous it really is, and why trusting governments has never been a good idea from time immemorial, any time we forget that we invite disaster and here it comes again. China (Xi) has already said he wants to dominate the world so if this is the future they have envisioned for everyone else I think that's something we should all be deeply concerned about. Future wars and globalist expansion won't be fought with nuclear weapons, but with this. Digital ones Invasive tech watching everyone 24/7, and rooting out any dissent to its total power and control, whatever it (or the CCP) perceive that to be. fun times ahead.

[@MrsAlott]

"No need to wear a wire. Just carry your phone."

[@VictimaePaschaliLaudes1]

The same surveillance system that exists in many prisons, where they also enforce prison rules and assess inmate behavior. But in this particular case was applied on a country scale with citizens. They have turned China into a prison country, where all citizens are forced to obey the government-imposed dictatorship.

[@yuntongshu3096]

Citizens will become totally transparent in front of the government by this technology, then how about the government? it has never been transparent to its own citizen

[@JB-pd3ir]

Of course they will be even less transparent. The more they control you the less they are worried of who they are supposed to serve.

[@christianzilla]

Precisely

[@taknaknak4957]

If the govt becomes transparent, Disaster will appear .. this is politic, not utopia

[@christianzilla]

@@taknaknak4957 so let me get this straight, this is a dystopia, not a utopia?

[@taknaknak4957]

@@christianzilla yup, in this world nothing is called *Eternity* , someday someone will fall

[@iamandreavodickova]

‘But that’s like a horror shows.’ chuckles...’Yeah.’

[@devrim-oguz]

I think he is giving a subtle point because he is not allowed to speak against it 🤔

[@MONO-rr4rm]

I think he just didn't get what she said or this video has been edited. He won't say that if he was sober.

[@lordkanti8260]

While glancing directly to the camera in the corner of the room 😏

[@graysonreese7428]

I’m watching this after seeing a video of a weapons tracking device from the recent air show they had, the video was the camera scanning the planes and crowd and it looks almost identical to the trackers they use for public use

[@carlosgrijalba843]

“Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither.” Benjamin Franklin

[@saber__tooth5256]

If this is public, think of what they are hiding.

[@michaelsmith953]

fucking can you imagine. i died when he laughed at that question

[@davemwangi05]

What they're hiding? There are concentration camps in china right now as we speak. Believe it or not. They've taken A Turkistan tribe called Uyghurs by force, and subjected them to re-education in camps, forced labor, forced sterilization etc. If anyone is interested I can give you the link.

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

At least China is "transparent", unlike the sneaky shady NSA of USA

[@michaelsmith953]

@@user-is3yn7xr4c neither are transparent lol.

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

@@michaelsmith953 I mean less opaque

[@theAdriancate]

We are all in a black mirror episode

[@secondaccount142]

I thought we were all in a south park episode

[@owenbunny4023]

i hope we don't have to put up a fake/funny social media post everyday

[@lostdapack]

@S A show isnt crap dats🧢 yeah maybe the last season but overall nah

[@zydian_]

Ye because black mirror is the first series that predicted this and used this narratively Kappa

[@lostdapack]

@@zydian_ black mirrors the closest to reality rn tho

[@jelanibrown-garrett4400]

The fact that the machine denied her more toilet paper is blowing my mind rn

[@maiqtheliar5639]

-999,999,999,999,999 social credit date of execution: *周一*

[@axelmilan4292]

The scariest part is that there are people who actually think this is a good idea

[@wills242]

Axel Milan automated sheep. The ruling class’s ugliest sex organs.

[@andyramirez4881]

Slaves

[@christopherpoole5261]

it is scary. I started reading the comments a minute or so in to see if anyone else thought the same. I did not like the part about any of it.

[@ZekeBuf]

Like most technologies, it’s a two sided coin. Use it for good or bad depends on people. Your view is very one sided

[@profile1172]

Ke Z Crazy, how its always chinese defending it. Maybe your one sided. Defending your shithole country

[@Price-qd1cd]

This should scare everyone watching,it’s not cue or funny.Its meant to control you completely all the way down toy your toilet paper

[@JasonAlexzander1q47]

And that wasn't enough toilet paper

[@Price-qd1cd]

Miles Mitchell absolutely,they couldn’t spare a square?I guess they don’t have a square to spare!😜😜

[@ItsMeRhaine]

Miles Mitchell the reason they only dispense a certain amount of toilet paper is because in Chinese culture if something is free then people tend to take all of it that’s why many public toilets in China don’t have toilet paper

[@JasonAlexzander1q47]

@@ItsMeRhaine I know that, but it isn't enough toilet paper. I'd need two or three times that amount that is shown dispensed

[@markeddy8731]

this is what yang is going to do. He is with Bloomberg,

[@ricardocandeias9554]

I've always said: "reality is much worse than the worst terror moovie." It's happening, and it will happen. Be prepared, and prepare your children especially. This will not be learned in schools.

[@lucha-vu8ms]

It’s so weird to me how they publicly shame citizens, that would never work here in America we have absolutely no shame LMAO

[@euthanizedghost5078]

I want to become a Chinese citizen just so that I can grind those points like in a MMORPG.

[@mojammer]

"If you want to do something bad then you should be worried" Wrong. If you want to do something that the government doesn't approve of you should be worried.

[@eriklindgren3121]

Haha, that's so true ;D

[@danielwestberg4547]

Totalt agree

[@Sheir01]

True, than again it’s the same for basically every country.

[@tyrantlove9865]

If advanced systems happen in the United States, you will be very proud.

[@jimpyre5038]

Mojammer TRUTH!!

[@VannywiththeFanny]

Now we need some Cyberpunk style Malware that makes our faces blurry to the cameras.

[@nazilramadhany658]

More like watch dogs

[@iwilljinxu]

I was wondering if wearing a hoodie over your face helps? 😬 I know a bhnch of koreans and now the qhole world is wearing masks so...how are they scanning us then? Maybe they are scanning our bone structure.

[@VannywiththeFanny]

@@iwilljinxu nah tbh the mask thing throws it out of the picture....imo of course...I just don't see it coming to an accurate conclusion off of just the upper half. Aye you never know ig but I don't think so maybe if its system has a memory and your wearing clothing associated with past pictures? Idk tbh

[@SakiSekai]

@@nazilramadhany658 It would be an interesting idea to hack into China's CTOS -- in order to destroy themselves. -- Well, I mean, why not?

[@ruripapi]

@@SakiSekai nearly impossible as their advance af and it would start war

[@KingBowser77766]

FNAF In China: William Afton gets executed

[@memeygamer4381]

The biggest reason why police officers have bodycams is so people don't turn around and start up allegations during detainment, it's literally what the people asked for, now there's already individuals complaining about it.

[@amac1649]

They named it Skynet?.. they're not even trying to hide their nefariousness.

[@WitchLuw]

Dont worry its the good Skynet

[@shl9322]

@@WitchLuw the good Skynet my ass, a devil is a devil there is no such a thing as the good devil, he is the devil because he is bad.

[@bobbyweirddick6556]

SHL yeah they named it skynet on purpose,there’s a underlying message. They are really stupid, they like to tease us by putting the information in our faces. I’m afraid most are to blind to see them.

[@leongkarting937]

Bobby Weirddick omg such a funny pathetic love lacking dude🤣🤣

[@pavleradovanovic9841]

@@shl9322 good skynet my ass literally ..we are doomed boys

[@homosapiensqp3225]

Imagine being that lawyer and just not being able to openly criticize the system because your points would drop down and in a result your opinion will not count in the court.

[@evano5635]

Homo Sapiens QP bruh America is doing the same thing too. I swear white people are so comfortable being orientalists

[@xxxYouTunesxxx]

@@evano5635 What are you talking about?

[@goom1311]

In USA Imagine being discredited for publishing a study about gender that goes against LMBTQ liberal propaganda! Oh boy

[@miyounova]

@@goom1311 oh, you mean that goes against basic human rights?

[@obsidianstatue]

criticizing the government isn't a crime in China, trying to overthrow the government is.

[@rostinrostai]

That's a draconian amount of toilet paper.

[@GTFO_0]

So you telling me CIA or other USA Intelligence source don't do that😂😂

[@letit023]

They literally named their system Skynet, sure that isn’t a red flag at all

[@sweetiepie4328]

what's that from again

[@Exxperiment626]

@@sweetiepie4328 The Terminator movies.

[@realhumphreyappleby]

China loves red flags

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

it was more about sky and net words mix, that its lightspeed fast

[@slice-o-life]

They could’ve just called it Skyyes

[@0Agvilar0]

"How much more is your system doing that you are not allowed to show us?" "Yes"

[@FK-tz7gs]

China has always been an extremely centralized and collectivist civilization thanks to the collective nature of rice farming while the west has always been individualistic thanks to cattle and wheat farming. That’s why the Chinese have no problem with this the state has always acted like a parent/boss/slave master to the population. This means that this is all justifiable (in a country where humans are expendable due to the massive population) if improving society and efficiency are the sole goals rather than in the west where the main goals are improving individual human life.

[@Indy452]

This is creating a police planet eventually..

[@Ironpancakemoose]

Good thing in America we have a second amendment.

[@e.s.7520]

@@Ironpancakemoose With all due respect...that is very naive to believe the 2nd amendment protects us; we are already being watched and monitored. Does Snowden ring a bell? He shared that fact and has been on the run since. The only difference between China and America is currently our monitoring is a bit less overt; at least for now. But in Chicago, the CPD uses street cameras to monitor various areas already.

[@konradnsa]

@@Ironpancakemoose - 1st amendment. ! Second one is just joke and marketing tool for sell of ammo

[@oraakkeli]

@@Ironpancakemoose so you can legally get shot?

[@jekkt]

@@Ironpancakemoose good luck with an AR-15 against drones, tanks and fighter jets lmao

[@Arborist5851]

Naming your Artificial Intelligence Network Skynet is not funny.......

[@nanjinglover9920]

Banksy B it has nothing to do with whatever you are talking about:(

[@Ultima_Weapon_Rasiel]

@@nanjinglover9920 what you talking about Willis.. he said it's the same skynet as terminator what part did you not get... that shit is not funny at all.

[@nanjinglover9920]

Rasiel he tried to be nice but did it wrong. The speaker was trying to convey the information by literal translation and she has no clue that the skynet is something from ancient Chinese cultural translated that way. That being said, she naturally connected it to something she could think of, which causes misunderstandings to the audience. It’s a typical example of brutal translation..

[@OscarHernandez-il8tv]

Bro that’s fucking funny😂😂😂

[@firebearva]

Could name it tRump Tower?

[@johnheuer6540]

I am not for conspiracy theories, but ”the all seeing eye” is quite fitting here

[@Deltarious]

Naming your system "Skynet" when *the whole point of the movie* was to warn about not creating "Skynet" because it can be corrupted shows the founder literally missed the point

[@thelazy0ne]

Or that the founder wanted to attract attention about the system. As in: you! World! Don't do this like we're doing it!

[@MrBej]

China: the future is like the film Black Mirror World: but that's a horror show and dangers of technology China: yes

[@Ryan-oo4nu]

FBI now using facial recognition to catch u guys lmao

[@weirdshit]

A : in china we want to use something as seen in the film black mirror. B: But black mirror is a horror show. A: in US, it is a horror show.

[@chenyiable]

as a normal Chinese , I want a safe and convince society , I dont mind my privacy , because I am to normal , nobody want to know me haha

[@jaym8927]

@@chenyiable As a Chinese living in China, you couldn't use youtube, as the Chinese government censors social media.

[@zzj07]

@@jaym8927 They never actually said they live in China, and anyway u can use VPN

[@pinokio3785]

This is every governments dream. Just a matter of time.

[@coraldiamond1922]

Moriel Logos you realise you don’t need to live in China to be tracked. I bet right now someone could track everything you do.

[@samahen522]

@AC2GO777 Republicans are much more likely to implement a surveillance system. It was George Bush who instituted the Patriot Act. You right-wingers are delusional.

[@redruby747]

Its coming to USA

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

Coming now. Everyone will want the vaccine aka Contact tracing. Everyone is getting chipped......yes, Rockefellers and Rothschilds wet dream

[@marixcx]

AC2GO777 China isn’t communist

[@yhtrf8902]

this is so unacceptable , I respect my Privacy and I'll never go to china

[@IvnValmont]

Their fast food software on the machines doesn't lag. Nice

[@syedanaziyafatima2816]

7:56 Woman: "But that's a horror show!" Man: *Nervously laughs*

[@feinw2514]

So creepy

[@teresaedwards9055]

Wake up people. This is what’s coming for the whole world.

[@edward8930]

It’s to late the youth have embraced this.

[@nathaniel6087]

Too late friend, we can only take it down from within now

[@olivercaractri6377]

The fucking Elon musk wants to put chips into people. Stay focused people.

[@davemwangi05]

@@olivercaractri6377 when did elon say he wants to put chips in people?

[@josephtheinflatableguy4609]

That was Bill gates not Elon but yeah we need to wake up

[@johnnylego807]

How is no one absolutely petrified about this?!?!?! Just me?

[@955miro]

"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." This social credit system in China is what peaceful slavery looks like. No thanks.

[@wellto921]

Miro Kosta Edward Snowden must think this system is trash. A government have been playing this kind of system for 15 years and its citizens are still proud of their freedom, that’s the dumbest.

[@955miro]

Wong Alexsander I think Edward Snowden was right to leak what the US government was doing. The spying on and mass surveillance of the entire population of the country is just wrong on every level. The treatment of Mr. Snowden is a perfect example of how ‘It is dangerous to be right, when the Government is wrong’. It highlights perfectly the dangers to liberty in allowing the government to do these kinds of things. I just wish more people paid attention to it and stood up against it.

[@user-xp8wk1zt2p]

so what is dangerous freedom? getting stabbed randomly at the street?

[@brianluk2006]

So you like getting shot in the face while enjoying your holiday

[@brianluk2006]

If you are not breaking the law, you have no worries

[@rameezsahabodien3620]

The dude with most visitors in the apartment is clearly the weed dealer.....

[@jasonsharma5888]

orthecatlady

[@rameezsahabodien3620]

@@jasonsharma5888 I don't think any cat lady will be getting that many visitors.

[@jasonsharma5888]

catnip

[@superandreanintendo]

Is clearly the guy that after each night out bring a girl to his apartment

[@BlazedBob]

The people who sell weed in china go missing or are murdered after court. Doubt it unless its a complete idiot.

[@rayzhang4964]

very good, no human traffic,no drug cartel,no bombs carrying around, no massive gun shoot in schools.

[@jimmyjimmy1601]

"Those who would give up essential liberty for security deserve neither." - Benjamin Franklin I'll take dangerous liberty over peaceful slavery any day.

[@sleepyyplayz]

The world of the dystopian novel is now.

[@saroj3462]

More like 1984

[@FWAKWAKKA]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raOYZmWEZrCKgqc

[@milesb315]

I feel like one of the creepiest dystopian things, is the cameras rank your beauty, which makes me think about some sort of dystopian World where you’re paired with a partner based on your beauty Level.

[@Sheir01]

Lmao it’s been like that all over the world, China is just being transparent about it

[@thar768]

@@Sheir01 cuz China use it for social interactions not that is transparent, USA use it for "national security", EU use it for information control... Is not like is unknown is more what are their intentions.

[@financialwizard5181]

The device you streaming this video with is part of the largest surveillance system

[@p529.]

But with the device used to stream this you can usually do something to prevent being tracked. Many companies are working on gait recognition which renders facemasks pretty much useless

[@StukaSteven]

boom there it is

[@derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152]

@@p529. Fact especially when my phone is a Huawei mobile phone 😂

[@TheEpicFace007]

‼️

[@onerider808]

With 4G, you can still opt out and not use a phone, but with 5G the phone is irrelevant and there is no opt out option

[@flipcats]

The fact that that guy said "Black Mirror" episode is the future and it's a "good thing" really tells how ironic it is.

[@somerandomperson8282]

I am genuinely happy that I am going to die before the world reaches full dystopian horror in a century or two.

[@huskychronicles3249]

Things are moving quick now, this will be the case here in the next 10-15 years tops

[@amandaortiz1856]

@@huskychronicles3249 you mean in the next 8~9 years?

[@kennythekid130]

I hate to break it to you but it isn't going to happen in a century, it will happen way sooner than you think

[@somerandomperson8282]

@@kennythekid130 why?

[@extraordinarywolf320]

You are out of time, maybe 5 to 10 yrs top... You will see this in your lifetime.

[@naughtybuddha3812]

He said 'Black mirror' himself, joke is on you guys now, lol

[@user-tv8fd8gg6b]

He is simply embarrassing himself

[@user-uz1wz4gp9d]

@@NoName-vl5gr US government, "we only monitor other countries' leader and people", so we are innocent. 🤣

[@muzisop]

@Imperial Commander Yue Fei 岳飛 Don't reply 傻X们. They will decrease your IQ and use their rich experience to defeat you.

[@leongkarting937]

No Name then DO YOU HAVE MORALS????!!

[@leongkarting937]

No Name ah

[@sthompson1000]

When we no longer have the choice between good and evil acts, we're not moral, we're slaves.

[@kaziuniek]

Actually we are starting to be robots who just have to follow procedures, no need to make choices at all.

[@bulletartzit7837]

We’re already nearly at that point. We’re not that much away of that point, as we might think.

[@smolgamer6351]

@@kaziuniek Robots are just metal slaves c:

[@Nucke4]

welcome to society, where we have a lot of rules (some are laws, some are moral)

[@freaknable]

All good in public and government environment, nothing wrong with that.

[@jfs5873]

People talk so bad about China for this and ignore the fact that we are trying to do this as well

[@ketelin4285]

I'm sure Prism is better but what wonders me is what else it does that google doesn't do already ?

[@b.n.e6090]

Oh my god, I just hope this all ends well.

[@harshitgupta6856]

Black Mirror and The Terminator: *exists* Chinese Corporations: "Write that down, write that down!"

[@AwkwardYet]

Watchdogs: exists Chinese corporations: "write that down! write that down!"

[@cicici3658]

@@AwkwardYet Can you tell me how many cameras per person in UK?

[@mikelee3825]

If you believe western media congratulations you won the lottery! Come to China and trust your eyes

[@rr4713]

NANCY 丨ove no one wants locked up for being a christian or muslim

[@angelinayang9307]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXOXeKFmqpl3iac Edwards Snowdon , your are being watched and listened by AMERICAN government...

[@Angela-ue6yo]

this literally is the "1984" george orwell described

[@doug8171]

Maybe he should have named it 2034 instead?

[@nosamsemaj9150]

Its not even close have you even read the book?

[@Angela-ue6yo]

no sam semaj yes I have I’m only talking about the camera surveillance part

[@DanyCervantes]

North Korea fits that better though.

[@LLLLLLEON216]

Not really. I don't see that much of a problem with public space surveillance. The amount of social safety it brings massively outweighs the privacy concerns IMO. It's not like you are being watched at home.

[@ayushsajwan7]

Of course he is not worried for cameras everywhere if he does feel uncomfortable he won’t will have exist tomorrow 😹

[@lucduc9768]

Chennai, India has 657 cctv cams per km Beijing, China has 278 London, England has 399 Yes we all should scare aye?

[@darkangel13915]

Literally stripping away their freedom. You can’t even commit a mistake without being punished for it. It’s almost like they’re turning them into robots.

[@J3diMindTrix]

It's not even if you make a mistake, it's about identifying before you even make that mistake. What factors this hellish AI uses is not information privy to the general public or anyone beyond those implementing and overseeing its use (i.e. the CCP, as all Chinese companies can only do business with their approval or in other words if it furthers the interests of the Party). But I would imagine given their recent widespread rollout of the social credit score, where loyalty to the regime is the most important factor, and anything perceived as disloyalty or even unenthusiasm (North Korea-style) can lower your score and therefore your access to basic services such as career opportunities, ability to travel outside the country, and even healthcare - yes, healthcare, if you're not a loyal red flag-waving CPP fanatic you can say goodby to your right to life should you get in an accident - we can assume it won't be good, morally upright, or humane in any way. This is fucking creepy and terrifying. Welcome to 1984, world! Except even Orwell couldn't foresee how advanced the tech would be to strip us all of all our rights and freedoms. Totalitarian, dystopian future devoid of all liberty is almost here for everyone, not just China though it is already reality there and the most extreme expression of it (but what do you expect from an authoritarian communist hellhole, they would use whatever is at their disposal to achieve the same results). This is just a blueprint for the rest of the world, As it's every government's (read: control system) dream come true. This should be disgusting and deeply troubling to any world citizen in equal measure. We all have a inalienable right to privacy. Fight for and take back your freedoms before it's too late. The only way to stop this becoming world policy now is to nip it in the bud and for all his flaws and failings at least Trump could see the inherent danger posed by China and this technology; if the West stands firm against this nightmare and adopts a similar anti-trade stance this will gradually crush Chinese markets as they rely more on our trade than we need them. As wise men have often said... Evil prevails when good men do nothing. We've been sold this crap under the guise of 'ooh, look, shiny new things' and 'advanced AI can only be good for us, right' which has no factual basis in reality and now we're only just starting to see how dangerous it really is, and why trusting governments has never been a good idea from time immemorial, any time we forget that we invite disaster and here it comes again. China (Xi) has already said he wants to dominate the world so if this is the future they have envisioned for everyone else I think that's something we should all be deeply concerned about. Future wars and globalist expansion won't be fought with nuclear weapons, but with this. Digital ones Invasive tech watching everyone 24/7, and rooting out any dissent to its total power and control, whatever it (or the CCP) perceive that to be. fun times ahead.

[@J3diMindTrix]

Don't buy Chinese. Simple They rely on western trade more than we need them. They are using economics as a main weapon in their desired takeover of the west - Xi's 'I want to dominate the west' speech should be a pretty stark reminder of this So, ceasing trade with them is the only way to stop us all becoming unwilling, unsuspecting victims of this hellishly authoritarian view of society, quite fitting for the proudly totalitarian Chinese Communist Party, but while it may work for them, WE'RE GOOD THANKS My grandfather didn't fight for freedom against this very existential threat to western and Christian values just for it to grow a new head and re-emerge decades later as an entirely new beast with added teeth, stronger and more determined than before thanks to advances in tech and a huge population under its heel willing to do anything to support it - or conveniently 'disappear' Don't buy Chinese folks. It comes down to this. And just this. Leave them to track what their citizens had for breakfast this morning if they want and what they wore to work and what time they entered and left any establishment in the entire country, if that's how they want to show what government is all about BUT LEAVE US OUT OF THANKS, WE NEVER VOTED FOR YOU. Much appreciated. Again, don't buy Chinese. Economically suffocate them. Only way.

[@jellebelle8415]

This is all the meaning to make people robot to control them

[@christophercooper2208]

i would rather drink razor blades than face this future

[@chakajohnsonjr6636]

Chinese and North Koreans have serious Napoleon complexes. Always gotta control something

[@lewjames6688]

“Do something bad”. Like, you know, support the wrong political party.

[@player4life11111]

Happens all the time in California. Try voting Republican and the politburo makes sure you get audited and forced to do repeated jury duty.

[@JiTiAr35]

All criticize the goverment's policy.

[@petejim21]

There is no other political party to support lol

[@player4life11111]

@@em8302 You are an idiot if you dont know how the system works in So Cal. The Union-employed county workers automatically flag down anyone who doesnt vote Democrat. I have Republican acquaintances that repeatedly get audited and jury summoned every month. So, its not a coincidence anymore.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@player4life11111 You are not credible

[@chrismartin4856]

Ya the police,and political people need to be watched by the public to make this a fair system.

[@arabiagod119]

America and Europe is doing secretly, but china is doing openly ,if america is better in this field they does not complaine

[@jackbutler7142]

Coming to a “democracy” near you soon.

[@1Flyingfist]

So you haven't noticed the extra "traffic cameras " along the roads then? Different camera types pointing in the same, wireless connection boxes etc. The mostly popped up during the lockdowns. It's not coming soon, it's happening as we speak. I remember watching a video sent from China and in the background audio, there was a constant loop of orders from the government over the PA system. I thought that wouldn't happen here. Well... Fast forward 6 months or so.... 😳

[@jackbutler7142]

@@1Flyingfist I’m even scared to write certain things on here, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Government introduced retrospective anti dissent laws 😑

[@giggity4670]

The UK been using if for ages now facial recognition and phone catchers really heavily in London and protests hacker groups have proven this the gov says no of course. So no need to worry it happened already. And the new laws they draft in under the pandemic umbrella you are losing your rights to freedom everyday without even knowing it give it a year or 3 we will be were china is now.

[@jackbutler7142]

@@giggity4670 we’re probably all gonna get “uploaded”

[@Eneshms]

@@jackbutler7142 better said erased

[@Bella-lc8du]

You have to give credit to Edward Snowden he told us that we are living under surveillance.

[@giggity4670]

And people criticised him and want him put in prison for it to me he it a hero who opened are eyes to what is to come and he was spot on with it all.

[@davemwangi05]

The government does let some dirty secrets out intentionally every once in a while. Just like how they leaked beforehand that they were gonna bomb the twin towers. And Prince had a song about it way before. Snowden is part of controlled opposition. Alex Jones is a mason and is also part of controlled opposition. As part of the course CIA are trained to be excellent liars.

[@generalpatton7876]

Only evil people dislike what he did, like Obama.

[@alphanumeric6582]

Edward Snowden is a hero

[@chevelle67ism]

You would be surprised how many people actually think this is a good idea.

[@SpankyThe4th]

The screen at skynet was capping about that rank lol

[@drcheekyisback]

Love how no one can tell her how they really feel

[@nanakohonda3130]

that's actually how they really felt. they really think only bad people like thiefs murderers would be scared of this tech

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

Not everyone has something to hide

[@nanakohonda3130]

@S Baker No... You just don't understand East Asia culture in general. The CCP does not need to do any active brainwash or threatening for their population to accept this kind of strict management. It's basically in the culture that the collective good > personal desires. And in this kind of culture it's really easy to judge others based on moralities. So they really think unless you are a criminal, or someone who wants to hide some corrupt acts, why would you be afraid of these cameras in public spaces.

[@nanakohonda3130]

@S Baker I'm not saying this is good. Just pointing out cultural differences that make people feel differently for the same thing

[@extraordinarywolf320]

@@SergyMilitaryRankings Everybody has something to hide, what you are saying is impossible. Might be something small but still...

[@rizkyananta5461]

this vids made 1 year ago..you can imagine how many cams were been installed accros china Edit: damn, this is first comment that reach 1k likes...

[@SakiSekai]

and even more due to coronavirus

[@oriolnair3561]

And what about the U.S, Europe even in Latin America...? Big bruh is all around the world my little brothers and sisters!😉

[@oriolnair3561]

@@SakiSekai what about the cans in you own city?

[@tyjohnston5889]

At least 3.

[@ianmoone5302]

@@tyjohnston5889 At least! 😅

[@francisnavarette1583]

Imagine being reminded everyday that the system considers you ugliest in the entire building lmao.

[@AmikYoungDon]

Now let’s put the sequel, How US Tracks Everyone

[@DeathcastGaming]

This is utterly disgusting.

[@Willnottcomply3]

And its on its way here. By our not so great governments. NWO BS.

[@dremitch7301]

Jey Gutierrez it’s already here. Been here. This is about the illusion of freedom. There won’t be a magic show anymore

[@turkoisevfx34]

the US aint any better ngl

[@infavorofdemocracy5770]

@@Willnottcomply3 Edward Snowden has entered the chat

[@masondck34888]

@golubaya ryba live in peace as a slave to your economy...

[@NestlaysChaulkolateChips]

"Skynet" and labeling "criminals". Seems like a system that you could just label anyone a criminal if you wanted to, and the citizens believe that's perfectly fine.

[@Calmnen]

They got no right to vote.

[@lukson69]

100% agreed

[@knight1506]

it already happened, I can find 2 right off the bat. a Chinese MMA fighter who exposed fake Kung Fu masters and a Journalist who is critical of Chinese government, both are black listed and can't buy train, airplane tickets, can't take a loan from bank, can't start a business, can't take their kids to private school, etc...

[@audreyodonnell166]

jokes on you they already do that in china

[@DK-yz9xk]

@@knight1506 wasn’t because he exposed the kung fool community in fights, it was because he got too rough verbally or something was sued for insult, then asked to apologise by the court and he refused. I mean he could whoop their ass but once he cussed them out it became a problem and the kung fools took advantage on it and brought in the gov 🤷‍♂️