Has Hong Kong really got protestors under hi-tech surveillance?
In some ways it doesn’t matter whether Hong Kong is using cutting edge computing to crack down on protests: the very suspicion that it is doing so could be enough to stifle dissent.
In some ways it doesn’t matter whether Hong Kong is using cutting edge computing to crack down on protests: the very suspicion that it is doing so could be enough to stifle dissent.
Thanks to subscription video services, cheap internet access and satellite connections in the sky, our viewing habits often remain unchanged whether we’re at 30,000 feet or 4,000 miles from home.
People are viewing less live TV and are switching to live streaming services like Netflix and BBC iPlayer. Live broadcasts need to be delivered to a mass audience in real-time: satellites, with their wide-beam broadcasting tech, have traditionally been the best way of achieving that. But things are changing fast…