China’s SCS is heavily backed by a variety of technologies. It is focused on gathering information on everything from what you look like to who your family members are to where you work. The “digital dang’an” is backed by “big data” algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify issues and noncompliance on an ongoing basis. Additional technology implemented involves drone monitoring and facial recognition matched to a database that has more than 1.3 billion photos.35
