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MTA pulls security cameras from NYC subway train due to vendor’s ties to Chinese facial recognition company
NY Daily News ^ | APR 22, 2021 | CLAYTON GUSE

Posted on 04/23/2021 9:14:19 AM PDT by Salman

The MTA on Thursday abruptly halted a program to test new security cameras on subway cars — a day after the Daily News raised questions about the ties the company providing the technology has to a Chinese firm that specializes in facial recognition technology.

Transit managers last week sent a memo to subway crews alerting them of new video cameras installed on a four-car G line train. The new tech is part of a years-long effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to improve security and put more eyes underground.

The test program installed four cameras in each of the cars, as well a system that operated the train’s digital signage and intercoms, the memo states.

The cameras began monitoring passengers on the G line train last Thursday — and MTA officials planned to keep them there for a year to see how they worked.

But the vendor contracted to provide the system’s technology — Suzhou Huaqi Intelligent Technology — raised major security flags that prompted officials to suddenly pull the camera-filled train from service on Thursday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: camera; china; facialrecognition; infiltration; nyc; security; surveillance; transit
Not sure why the Democrats running NYC would care about the Chinese connection, but there it is.
1 posted on 04/23/2021 9:14:19 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

10% for the big guy.


2 posted on 04/23/2021 9:15:58 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Salman

Probably pulled because of bad PR after it made the Daily News.


3 posted on 04/23/2021 9:17:29 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Salman

It won’t be long before....

“I’m sorry. You cannot ride the MTA. Your Social Credit Score is insufficient. Please report to the nearest Reeducation Camp.”


4 posted on 04/23/2021 9:17:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: Salman

Crime on the subway to shoot up 500%...............


5 posted on 04/23/2021 9:18:48 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: Salman

I think it’s more likely the Diddin du nuffins where regularly featured, committing various crimes and that undermined the left’s propaganda.


6 posted on 04/23/2021 9:20:50 AM PDT by NativeSon ( )
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To: NativeSon

I agree!


7 posted on 04/23/2021 9:23:47 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Salman

Seriously? The company abbreviation is SHIT?


8 posted on 04/23/2021 9:24:23 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: Responsibility2nd

Right.

Only thing that can save us:

Chinese watching surveillance screens: “It is frustrating so much. All those roundeyes look alike.”


9 posted on 04/23/2021 9:24:56 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: 3RIVRS

Good Catch!


10 posted on 04/23/2021 9:26:23 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: Salman

Exactly who’s running the MTA now, Trump? Since when does NYC care about CCP influence?


11 posted on 04/23/2021 9:30:13 AM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: 3RIVRS

Speaking of bad acronyms...

Years ago, my church wanted to build a new auditorium. They turned to Church Loans and Investment Trust.


12 posted on 04/23/2021 9:31:32 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Actual FR Quote: “I ain’t getting no Covid Vaccine. I’d rather get Covid and DIE before I get a jab.)
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To: Salman

Walmart recently installed new self check out machines that show your face on the screen as you check out. Keep in mind that a lot of products especially clothing in Walmart are made in China.


13 posted on 04/23/2021 9:31:38 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Salman

Can we get these security cameras installed at the back door at the White House and also at every election polling place and ballot counting center?


14 posted on 04/23/2021 9:33:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Salman

How does the U.S. Marshals Service run a Witness Protection Program when foreign companies and governments are collecting facial recognition data on U.S. citizens?


15 posted on 04/23/2021 9:35:19 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: doc maverick

Then I demand to see the pictures the next time some crook makes a fake credit card and makes in person purchases with my number.


16 posted on 04/23/2021 9:35:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: doc maverick

Sunglasses and a cap or hat along with a virus mask should foil the cameras


17 posted on 04/23/2021 9:42:26 AM PDT by Fai Mao (It is time, past time and almost too late.)
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To: Salman
OMG! Security cameras which can recognize a criminal's face! What is the world coming to!

18 posted on 04/23/2021 9:52:15 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Working like Crazy to support the Lazy.)
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To: Salman

Are they sure the authorities removed the cameras? My first thought, considering the venue, was that they were STOLEN.


19 posted on 04/23/2021 9:59:58 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Salman

What the hell is good about facial recognition when everyone is wearing a mask?


20 posted on 04/23/2021 10:22:39 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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