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#### In the meantime, generations are growing up who are used to us being monitored at every turn. Partly we notice it, partly it happens imperceptibly. Sometimes we try to avoid the looks of our big brother.

There are people who only use an anonymous cell phone (surprisingly they can still be purchased). Some refuse Facebook or publish a joke picture on it.

I know some people who "get the crisis", as we would say (which means they get uoset and nervous and want to have their portrait removed), when they happen to be seen in a photo for regional news. Some grew angry at the authorities because our new passports require fingerprints.

Those peoople all forget that all our data, including passport photos, are digitally recorded - from our accounts to our personal files and the travel bookings. It's only a matter of time until everything is intertwined and retrievable like in the action thriller "Enemy of the State)" with Will Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_State_(film)

We're not far from it.
In the Chinese city of Guiyang (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiyang) total surveillance has already been implemented and is proudly demonstrated. BBC reported on it at the end of December 2017. As can be seen from the textual description of the documentary, China relies on total camera surveillance with face recognition and artificial intelligence (AI).

https://youtu.be/pNf4-d6fDoY

It's only a matter of time before this becomes the global standard.
I'd really like to know what you think about it.

I thought to myself: "But isn't that what many people warn us about who are mocked as conspiracy theorists? Everything happens "for our protection", they always say.

In any case, thanks to today's technology there is no longer any place on or under the ground where one could hide. "Oh, I don't have anything to hide," you hear. Yes, I have nothing to hide, but I feel a little uncomfortable that there is no such thing as privacy anymore.

We are on the verge of an era in which more and more utopias from science fiction novels are being realised. The only question is: who will it serve? Us, the lower 99 percent, or the other one?

One also wonders: Why the huge effort? Does this make our life worth living? Is it an inevitable development? Shall we look away? Should we now turn to human values and focus on cooperation? Questions about questions....

*This is a re-post of my recent article in German language https://steemit.com/deutsch/@martinamartini/chinas-ziel-totale-kameraueberwachung-mit-ki-innnerhalb-von-drei-jahren I translated it into English upon request of my dear fellow-Steemian @noorijaz.*

### *Always glad to receive feedback on my posts. Thank you for reading!*