500MP camera that can identify every face in a crowd of tens of thousands

This sounds like hell, especially coupled with China trying to &quot;predict crime&quot; before it happens [1] and a &quot;social credit&quot; score based in part on who you are seen with [2]. It&#x27;s only a matter of time before this technology is implemented in your Country [3].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-ai-crimes-before-happen-artificial-intelligence-security-plans-beijing-meng-jianzhu-a7962496.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-ai-crime...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-asia-china-34592186" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;world-asia-china-34592186</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;24&#x2F;technology&#x2F;ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;24&#x2F;technology&#x2F;ecuador-survei...</a>

This looks to be either 36 or 40, can&#x27;t quite count the discrete units correctly from the photo.<p>Let&#x27;s say it&#x27;s 40 x ~14MP cameras fixed in to a housing.<p>What&#x27;s stopping anyone from using higher resolution subunits and more of them.<p>Or, if you bolt ten of these things together do you get a 5000MP camera?

I really don&#x27;t understand why to concern. We keep putting more power in government&#x27;s hands in name of &quot;peace&quot; or &quot;security&quot;. This is just one step further.

&gt; China currently has an estimated 200 million CCTV cameras watching over its citizens<p>I wish reporters would stop mixing up cctv cameras with facial recognition cameras. 200 million cctv cameras is a meaningless number in the context of facial recognition. How many of those cameras are capable of facial recognition? No wait, that’s way to “sciencey” and detailed for this clickbait article.