{"id":25108,"date":"2019-12-26T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=25108"},"modified":"2019-12-13T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:44:25","slug":"chinese-face-recognition-system-and-air-pollution-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/26\/chinese-face-recognition-system-and-air-pollution-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese face recognition system and air pollution masks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of the U.S. campaign to make sure that no country interferes in the internal politics of another country, “China\u2019s \u2018Abusive\u2019 Facial Recognition Machine Targeted By New U.S. Sanctions”<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been coming, but the decision by the U.S. government to add a further 28 Chinese entities to its Commerce Department blacklist will still come as a shock. And the headlines will be dominated by the fact that in amongst those new additions are China\u2019s leading AI surveillance unicorns. In short, the U.S. has just blacklisted China\u2019s facial recognition industry, citing \u201chuman rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China\u2019s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There may not be a good answer (except that Americans are always right?) to the question of what weight to assign security from jihad versus personal privacy. Certainly the Chinese are less willing to tolerate the risk of incidents such as the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n