> what's so different about mounting it on a police officer's head?
I'm not even mad at the implementation in general, the article implies that the officer first identifies a suspicious person and then engages the technology to make an identification. However, it's probably due to the fact that China is a country where your religion can get you arrested or kidnapped by the state.. so, it's still unsettling.
The use of such invasive practices is unsettling even in countries where such things aren't regular (now)... Politics change, and what is acceptable changes. Any technology or legal tool available to the government will eventually be used in the worst way imaginable.
I'm not even mad at the implementation in general, the article implies that the officer first identifies a suspicious person and then engages the technology to make an identification. However, it's probably due to the fact that China is a country where your religion can get you arrested or kidnapped by the state.. so, it's still unsettling.