ELDER BROTHER
IS
TRACKING YOU?
DELEGATES TO THE
17th CONGRESS OF
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
DEPARTING (Beijing, October 2007);
ONE (upper right) LOOKS TO BE
CHECKING HIS MESSAGES
One of the Twenty Million? (see below)
Or perhaps he does not live in Beijing.
Will the new (newly revealed?) program
go country-wide?
It is being reported today by the New York Times that "Beijing officials" announced yesterday "that they intended to monitor the movements of millions of residents via information transmitted by their cellphones. One official was quoted on a government Web site as saying that the new program would provide 'real-time information about a user's activity.'"
The Times continues: "The project, which would make use of global positioning technology, aims to monitor all Beijing residents who use mobile phones -- some 20 million people -- to detect unusually large gatherings." And Chinese media reports themselves "said government officials could use the data to detect and prevent protests."
So: Not only is there such a project, but also it is the opposite of a secret endeavor.
You have been warned.
Big Brother, Elder Brother, is watching you.
The scent of jasmine? The scent of fear?
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