China Says: Fucking You.... "It's For The Criminals"

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 23:46:16 PDT 2016


https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/24/2123243/alibaba-founder-to-chinese-government-use-big-data-to-stop-criminals
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-24/alibaba-s-jack-ma-urges-china-to-use-online-data-to-fight-crime
http://mt.sohu.com/20161022/n470985094.shtml

Bllionaire Jack Ma proposed that the nation's top security bureau use
big data to prevent crime, endorsing the country's nascent effort to
build unparalleled online surveillance of its billion-plus people.
China's data capabilities are virtually unrivaled among its global
peers, and policing cannot happen without the ability to analyze
information on its citizens, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd. said in a speech published Saturday by the agency that polices
crime and runs the courts. Ma's stance resonates with that of China's
ruling body, which is establishing a system to collect and parse
information on citizens in a country where minimal safeguards exist
for privacy. "Bad guys in a movie are identifiable at first glance,
but how can the ones in real life be found?" Ma said in his speech,
which was posted on the official WeChat account of the Commission for
Political and Legal Affairs. "In the age of big data, we need to
remember that our legal and security system with millions of members
will also face change." In his speech, Ma stuck mainly to the issue of
crime prevention. In Alibaba's hometown of Hangzhou alone, the number
of surveillance cameras may already surpass that of New York's, Ma
said. Humans can't handle the sheer amount of data amassed, which is
where artificial intelligence comes in, he added. "The future legal
and security system cannot be separated from the internet and big
data," Ma said. Ma's speech also highlights the delicate relationship
between Chinese web companies and the government. The ruling party has
designated internet industry leaders as key targets for outreach, with
President Xi Jinping saying in May last year that technology leaders
should "demonstrate positive energy in purifying cyberspace."


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