A year in constant review: China’s surveillance breakthroughs in 2017
Developments in hardware, software, AI, and networking in China have allowed the country to make huge leaps in security. As AI and networking allow the…
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Qihoo 360 shuts down surveillance camera live streaming platform
Parent company Qihoo 360 has shut down its Shuidi live streaming platform that was connected to its WiFi-operated surveillance cameras after a period o…
China to have 626 million surveillance cameras within 3 years
China had 176 million surveillance cameras in operation last year and the speed of growth is expected to see that figure more than triple to reach 626 …
Chinese police used facial recognition to catch escaped criminal
Chinese police have recently used facial recognition technology to catch an escaped criminal who was traveling to Wuzhen, a scenic tourist town near Ha…
Updated: WeChat’s privacy policy update draws attention to information shared with the government
To some extent, WeChat users were already aware of the possibility that the Chinese government was able to read their private information and messages,…