How China’s Surveillance Is Growing More Invasive

If it is not already I would expect many organizations in the US and EU to buy and deploy these systems, assuming this is not already the case. There are already LED streetlamps that double as cameras and microphones to do machine learning on the public in San Diego, California. [1]

My limited understanding is that China may have been buying all the DNA data from all the DNA/ancestry sites and there are plans to gather IRIS data from VR headsets. I do not have links for this and it's leaked rumors which may or may not be true.

[1] - https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/san-diego-faces-lawsuit...

They are testing how far they can go and see how they can curb protests.

My 2 cents