Major flaws in CCP’s intrusive monitoring system cause increases in police raids and gulags, yet may offer a bit of comfort for the persecuted

(ChinaAid Association—Nov. 10, 2020) China’s intrusive monitoring
system, which has adopted some of the most advanced surveillance technologies
in the world and regularly annexes new capabilities, frightens some.
Nevertheless, according to Dr. Eugene Bach, a writer for Back to
Jerusalem,* the system contains major flaws. He explains that: 

• the system does not and cannot catch every bit of data.

• the system is not completely integrated.

• at times, the machinery does not fully function as it should.

• many facial-recognition
  cameras that have been installed no longer work.

Due to these flaws leading to digital IDs, social ratings, and
facial-recognition cameras failing to perform as anticipated during the past
year, China has again resorted to increasing police raids and gulags,** particularly for those the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) targets for
persecution. Dr. Bach said that through the Back to
Jerusalem team’s assignment, closely monitoring the covert
camera situation, CCP authorities caught him and others in China’s surveillance
trap. Officers arrested them and confiscated their data. Ultimately, however, their
team learned China’s major weakness—integration. 

Due to the hundreds of thousands of facial-recognition cameras, covid-19
tracking apps, and surveillance apps on phones, China’s data collection has
grown to gargantuan levels. As some people employing these technologies do not
know how to use various features, the CCP does not benefit from many potential
capabilities. Dr. Bach points out that China’s digital army of tens of
thousands manning the new databases of hidden information, “are normal,
everyday people. They are not engineers from MIT. They are limited in their
understanding and simply want to make a paycheck. They get tired. They get
bored. They get complacent. They get lazy.” The bottom line, those operating the
surveillance systems are human. 

In addition to China’s current deluge of data, the systems bring in more data
every minute. Someone has to watch and note the videos. Someone has to listen
to and transcribe the audio (in different languages) and accurately sort it.
Some text may be simple while others may include code, emojis, shorthand, and
slang. 

Knowing that the “all-seeing-eye” of China does not clearly see all and even misses some things offers a bit of comfort regarding China’s invasive monitoring
system. This window of weakness, however, may not last long. For now, as long
as flaws in the CCP’s monitoring system exist, Chinese Christians may live and
minister in these God-given “free,” blind spots. 

    China, westwards towards Jerusalem