China is building a 'system for the general public to monitor neighbors' with surveillance cameras deployed in public spaces
China is known for creating a surveillance society that uses advanced technology, and in recent years it has been pointed out that
China's'Sharp Eyes' Program Aims to Surveil 100% of Public Space | by Dave Gershgorn | Mar, 2021 | OneZero
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The Chinese government has many of the monitoring system has built a, to censor web content that has a problem in the past 20 years, the Great Firewall of monitoring system that identifies the individual using the and AI heaven's vengeance (Skynet) , people were monitoring Various systems are in operation, such as the Social Credit System , which rates credit scores. One of the systems that monitor such people is a system based on a surveillance camera called ' Sharp Eyes'.
Sharp Eyes is a surveillance system that covers rural areas and rural areas, and began in 2013 with the installation of a large number of surveillance cameras in Pingyi County, eastern China. Immediately, the number of surveillance cameras in Pingyi County increased, and in 2016, a total of 28,500 surveillance cameras were deployed in various public spaces in Pingyi County.
What sets Sharp Eyes apart from other surveillance systems is that law enforcement agencies and AI not only check the images taken by surveillance cameras, but local residents can also see the images taken by the cameras. Residents can check the camera image from their home TV or smartphone and report any problems to the police.
The Chinese government plans to introduce Sharp Eyes in rural and rural areas, and stated in its five-year plan announced in 2016 that Sharp Eyes will be able to monitor all public spaces in China by 2020. It is unknown how much this goal was achieved, but it is reported in recent reports that Sharp Eyes covers a fairly wide range.
Even with the same monitoring system, Skynet centered on face recognition using AI is being deployed mainly in urban areas, and it is difficult to introduce the same system in rural areas in terms of financing and population density. That's right. On the other hand, One Zero points out that Sharp Eyes, which is centered around rural areas, has a system that follows the work of potentially understaffed local police.
For example, Pingyi County, where Sharp Eyes was first introduced, is home to about 1 million residents, but it is said that there are only 300 police officers. Therefore, it is said that the residents themselves are reducing the burden on police officers by conducting substantial patrols through Sharp Eyes.
It seems that not only accidents and incidents are reported through Sharp Eyes, but there are also things such as 'the manhole lid has come off' and 'a rally that seems to be a MLM is being held in a nearby building'. According to local media, the police officer who received the report disbanded the multi-organization, issued a warning and ordered a fine.
Although the implementation method of Sharp Eyes varies from local government to local government, the mechanism of dividing a city or area into a square grid and monitoring the images by the residents in the grid is basically the same. By monitoring the area where they live, residents can feel the ownership of their surroundings. In addition, each local government can individually implement new technology, and some local governments can combine it with a face recognition system or apply it to crime prediction.
Most of the cost of surveillance systems such as Sharp Eyes is paid by the central government, but local governments also bear part of the cost of surveillance camera networks. Occasionally, Zhoukou City , Henan Province, spends much more on monitoring systems than other services provided by local governments, nearly twice as much as environmental protection programs, and monitors budgets as high as education budgets. One Zero says it was included in the system.
In some cases, it seems that the cost of the surveillance system may be raised by crowdfunding, and in a city in Shandong Province, residents donated 13 million yuan (about 217 million yen) to expand the coverage of surveillance cameras. It is reported that it was done .
Due to the growing nationwide demand for surveillance systems in China, companies in China that develop and sell surveillance camera-related equipment and movie management software are experiencing a 'gold rush.' In addition, major technology companies such as Huawei and Alibaba are also providing facial recognition systems, and it is a problem that technology is being used to persecute Uighurs living in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
It was pointed out that Alibaba provided 'a face recognition cloud service that identifies Uighurs' --GIGAZINE
China has announced in its five-year plan from 2021 to 2025 that it will further strengthen the social authority of local governments and focus on building preventive systems to maintain security. More security projects will be built in the future, and municipalities are likely to strengthen surveillance systems like Sharp Eyes, One Zero said.
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