China wants to track citizens’ cars with mandatory RFID chips
▻https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/13/17458432/china-surveillance-car-tracking-mandatory-rfid-chips
The government says it will help track congestion, but it’s likely to become another surveillance tool The Chinese government is readying a program that will make it possible to track citizens’ cars using RFID chips, according to The Wall Street Journal. The program, which will be voluntary at first but mandatory for new vehicles starting in 2019, starts rolling out on July 1st. The program is being put in place by China’s Ministry of Public Security, and the ministry’s Traffic Management (...)
