Comments on: Beijing Net cafes to take mug shots, scan IDs

To cut down on "ID sharing," the Chinese government requires first-time visitors have their picture taken and ID scanned before being allowed online. What are the privacy ramifications?

[Dr_Zinj]

Logical extension of a biometric log-in process.

Data collection is ethically neutral. It's how it's used (or abused) that breaks ethics and morality.

[sythara]

^
you're talking about China here. Ethics and morality don't exactly apply.

[Harrison912]

As a web site owner for safety and security products, I like catchng the bad guys. Unfortunately to do that invloves data collection. None of us are particurly comfortable with that, especially when it's our data they're gathering but it helps keep everyone safe.

[worpt]

The amount of information posessed about the people is both astonishing and horrific.