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For Olympics, the Chinese Use Eyes in the Sky

Posted on August 04, 2008

Combine technological advancement, a worldwide stage and fears of terrorism, and what do you get? An Orwellian 2008 Summer Olympic Games. From tickets containing RFID chips aimed at preventing fraud and ticket scalping to surveillance cameras set up on the streets monitoring people with state-of the art software, the games beginning August 8 in Beijing bring the fears of 1984 to life. In China, Big Brother is watching you.IBM announced in December that its Smart Surveillance System, or S3, would be active in Beijing in time for the Olympic Games. The software can analyze information from IP-ba...

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