A world wanted for " economic crimes " has been pick up after being picked out by law in a crowd of 50,000 citizenry .
The man , identify as " Ao " , was caught by the police during a Jacky Cheung lance in Nanchang in the Jiangxi province of China , theSouth China Morning Post report . He tell authorities he thought he was " safe " to pay heed the concert with his married woman , due to the sheer number of other concert - goers making him near - unsufferable to blemish . He said he would never have drive 80 kilometer ( 50 mi ) to attend the fishgig if he did n’t think he was entirely safe .
However the 31 - year - honest-to-god was espy using cutting - edge facial recognition engineering that managed to single him out from the bunch . He was arrested shortly after being spotted .
Ao ’s face was one of many stored in a controversial system used by police in China .
“ Ao was suspect to be involved in an economical offense and was listed on a home on-line organization , ” police police officer Li Jin told the South China Morning Post . “ He was very shocked and had a blank face when we caught him . ”
This is n’t the first clip the technology has successfully been used . Last class , 25 somebody wanted for a numeral of crimes were caught at a beer fete in Qingdao , The Guardian reports . Like in Ao ’s case , the cameras were installed in the entrances and used to fleck wanted suspects as they entered the event .
China is squeeze facial recognition applied science more than other country , who are perhaps support back more by privacy concerns . Business Insider reportsthat police in Beijing have begun testing glasses meet with facial realization engineering that can identify people and identification number plates within millisecond .
The trash are connect to the same central database contain info on suspects , impart police force selective information on personal information include the age , name , address , and deplorable record of suspects . Police say they had arrested seven the great unwashed suspect of snatch and a murder - and - running case using the tech within a calendar week of the launch of the tryout . A further 27 were arrested for using deceitful personal identity card .
In a somewhat less " potentially dystopian " use of the technology , Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport is using facial recognition instead of passports and just the ticket . Using the tech , passengers are briefly scan to support their individuality and just the ticket , allowing them to board without documents .
