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**interested_observer** · 11-05-2013, 03:59 PM

China discovers that pollution makes it really hard to spy on people - 20 million surveillance cameras are now useless.

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Well here’s some vindication for anyone who ever found this annoying. The Chinese government has realized that whatever it is clogging the atmosphere, it’s rendering government surveillance cameras ineffective (paywall), reports the South China Morning Post. Since that compromises national security, the government has hired two teams of scientists to come up with a fix, says the newspaper. But one reason they’re flummoxed by their assignment is that the haze is not simply “fog,” says Yang Aiping, a digital imaging expert and leader of one of the teams.

China discovers that pollution makes it really hard to spy on people – Quartz

Joel B · 11-05-2013, 04:08 PM

Time to burn piles of tires!!!

gda13 · 11-05-2013, 04:43 PM

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... one reason they’re flummoxed by their assignment is that the haze is not simply “fog,” says Yang Aiping...

Must have been quite a revelation when they realized this

. Brings back the literal relevancy of the term "smoke screen".

Originally posted by Joel B

Time to burn piles of tires!!!

+1 and quit trying to curb coal fired power plants with all this wind and solar stuff for crying out loud...clean air is so overrated

Kunzite · 11-06-2013, 02:09 PM

Great news! Governments will start to take pollution seriously!

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gda13 Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,108	Quote: ... one reason they’re flummoxed by their assignment is that the haze is not simply “fog,” says Yang Aiping... Must have been quite a revelation when they realized this . Brings back the literal relevancy of the term "smoke screen". Originally posted by Joel B Time to burn piles of tires!!! +1 and quit trying to curb coal fired power plants with all this wind and solar stuff for crying out loud...clean air is so overrated

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Kunzite Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 15,132	Great news! Governments will start to take pollution seriously!