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China’s CCTV surveillance network took just 7 minutes to capture BBC reporter | TechCrunch

'It took Chinese authorities just seven minutes to locate and apprehend BBC reporter John Sudworth using its powerful network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology. '

'There are some 170 million CCTV cameras across the country, and that’s tipped to grow more than three-fold with 400 million more set to be installed by 2020. '

'The full video of Sudworth’s ‘capture’ is on the BBC website, with a snippet is below — hat-tip The Next Web. '

'The chase was a stunt set up to illustrate just how powerful and effective the Chinese government’s surveillance system can be. '

'The government also works with facial recognition and AI companies, such as unicorn Face++, which can pour through data to extract meaningful information such as faces, ages, registration plates and more. '

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