Post #1393

​​Your future surveillance state In China, cameras and facial recognition are used to identify criminals and – more importantly, perhaps – scare people into staying in line. In the West, we hear stories of technology like this being tested from time to time, but there's nothing as comprehensive as the Chinese system. Civil liberties organisations in the West would baulk at any government that tried to roll this out... for now. Authoritarianism is on the rise in parts of the West, and even in more liberal states, we may sleepwalk into total government surveillance. If you’re thinking 'that all sounds very Orwellian,’ remember that surveillance in '1984’ extended into the home, with cameras and microphones installed to monitor citizens’ private time. We’re already helping to set that up by rushing to buy smart speakers and internet-connected security cameras. The surveillance state of the future will be partly our fault. Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2zokYDI Martin Bryant, 🚀@PerspectiveIX