Not to mention the advances in machine learning and integrated systems to piece the picture together.
Now you probably won't need to follow the breadcrumb trail of some protestor trying to evade surveillance through the methods you describe, facial recognition will be enough.
And if it isn't completing the puzzle might only take computer time, and not someone in the police forces trying to manually track people down.
The CCP is apparently giddy at the opportunity to help Iran build out these systems, so they're likely state of the art.
Western companies would probably be keen to compete, with the only thing stopping them being the US sanctions. We'll only sell these sort of systems to regimes that respect human rights, like The Netherlands, Romania, and Saudi Arabia.
Now you probably won't need to follow the breadcrumb trail of some protestor trying to evade surveillance through the methods you describe, facial recognition will be enough.
And if it isn't completing the puzzle might only take computer time, and not someone in the police forces trying to manually track people down.
The CCP is apparently giddy at the opportunity to help Iran build out these systems, so they're likely state of the art.
Western companies would probably be keen to compete, with the only thing stopping them being the US sanctions. We'll only sell these sort of systems to regimes that respect human rights, like The Netherlands, Romania, and Saudi Arabia.