China will force face scanning to surf the Internet

China is to launch a plan to identify all Internet users within its borders. Since the government will carry out a plan with which to verify the identity of 850 million people, using facial recognition in this case. The country has embraced this method on millions of occasions and uses, something that is repeated now, so that people have access to the Internet.

China will force face scanning to surf the Internet

Starting December 1, everyone who hires new mobile or data services will receive a face scan. The operator has to obtain said data.

Mandatory facial recognition

In addition, the telephone number that these people in China obtain will be non-transferable. Therefore, users are going to be recommended to check first if there is a number registered in their name. Because the idea is that each person has a unique number in this case, which will serve in this way as an identifier for each one.

It is a system that supposes an evolution of previous methods that the Chinese government has been implementing. For years, a photo is mandatory to obtain a new phone number and some operators even make you upload a video.

Although many fear that these measures represent a new violation of privacy and censorship will increase even more in China. Since if you want to be able to surf the Internet, you will have to have been able to scan the user's face. A measure that in a few weeks will be a reality.

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