#english Rumours of Carrie Lam using "emergency legislation" to curb protests
🧠What is inside the “smart” lampposts? Components used in China’s “Sky Net” national facial-recognition system⚠
Source: Demosisto
During the Aug 24 protest in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, protesters tore down a “smart” lamppost suspectedly built in with facial-recognition features. A “dissection” revealed many questionable components inside the lamppost.
Source: Demosisto
During the Aug 24 protest in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, protesters tore down a “smart” lamppost suspectedly built in with facial-recognition features. A “dissection” revealed many questionable components inside the lamppost.
🧠What is inside the “smart” lampposts? Components used in China’s “Sky Net” national facial-recognition system⚠
🔵 Industrial Ethernet Switch
Manufacturer: Cisco (USA)
Model: IE 1000-8P2S-LM
Country of Production: China
(The switch is authorized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese Government to access the public telecommunication network across the country and commonly used in parallel-imported network products.)
🔵 Industrial Ethernet Switch
Manufacturer: Cisco (USA)
Model: IE 1000-8P2S-LM
Country of Production: China
(The switch is authorized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese Government to access the public telecommunication network across the country and commonly used in parallel-imported network products.)
🧠What is inside the “smart” lampposts? Components used in China’s “Sky Net” national facial-recognition system⚠
🔵 Bluetooth Locator
Manufacturer: TickTack Tech (Hong Kong)
Model: SPLD01
Country of Production: N/A
(The name of the manufacturer is identical to that of the supplier of Shanghai’s “smart” lampposts; the manufacturer is also a vendor of China’s “Sky Net” project.)
🔵 Bluetooth Locator
Manufacturer: TickTack Tech (Hong Kong)
Model: SPLD01
Country of Production: N/A
(The name of the manufacturer is identical to that of the supplier of Shanghai’s “smart” lampposts; the manufacturer is also a vendor of China’s “Sky Net” project.)