Chinese telecoms must use "AI and other technical means" to identify phone users
The title sounds intentionally provocative -- "face scanned" appears to be just "have their photo taken". I can't find a single source that suggests anything more than that.<p>Which isn't much different from having your photo taken for your driver's license, passport, or at the border, all of which the US does.<p>Burner phones are mostly associated with criminal activity, so tying phones to identities feels like a legitimate function -- which many countries do. And if criminals are trying to register phones through identity theft, this seems like it would be an additional protection.<p>If you're concerned with privacy, that's what encrypted communications are for, and if you don't want to be tracked by radio, then don't take <i>any</i> phone with you.