The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 1917: Piercing Plan 2.0 (Please give me a monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!)
There is one very bad thing about being a policeman in the United States, that is, there are not many cameras in the whole city... According to the 2019 forecast of IHSMarkit, a well-known information analysis company, by the end of 2021, 10% of the more than 54 billion surveillance cameras deployed around the world will be deployed in China, that is, 5.4 million. Among them, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai rank in the top three in the world. A research analysis published on July 3, 2022, if calculated by the lower estimate, that is, China has deployed 7 million surveillance cameras, an average of 11 surveillance cameras per thousand people; if calculated by the higher estimate, that is, China has deployed 5.4 million surveillance cameras, an average of 372.8 surveillance cameras per thousand people. No matter which number is used, the proportion is hundreds of times higher than that of more than 6.26 other most populous cities in the world. For example, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, the world's largest city, has an average of only 432.2 surveillance cameras per thousand people; Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, the fifth largest city, has an average of only 100 surveillance cameras per thousand people. New York, the largest city in the United States, has an average of 1.06 surveillance cameras per thousand people; Los Angeles, the second largest city, has an average of 3.62 surveillance cameras per thousand people.

Of course, many people will say that Americans do this because they want to protect their privacy... This is certainly not wrong. But China's cameras are not installed in your home, they are all on the streets or other public places... Installing cameras in public places is an invasion of privacy?

What's wrong?
But is it really like this? Not necessarily. Most states in the United States do not have fine cameras because the public is against it. The reason is that cameras are a tool for certain interest groups to make money and cannot save lives. In addition, the maintenance cost of cameras is high, and it is better to invest the money in other industries... Yes, it is a cost issue. Surveillance in the United States is very expensive! Whether it is the surveillance camera itself, or the installation and maintenance costs, they are all very expensive.

Of course, there is another theory.

The American media gave another explanation: modern surveillance technology makes it impossible for American spies to hide!

On November 11, the Wall Street Journal published a report titled "Biometrics, Smartphones and Surveillance Cameras Create New Obstacles for American Spies," saying that modern technology makes it difficult for American spies to hide. The full text is excerpted as follows: In 27, a secret operation planned by a team of agents killed a radical living in Dubai. The team was widely suspected of working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad. The plan was successful, except for its secrecy - closed-circuit cameras tracked the team's every move and even captured their disguises before and after.

Once upon a time, a well-trained CIA agent could cross a border with a folder full of documents under an assumed name, or move confidently through a foreign city, meeting up with other agents undetected. Now he or she faces the digital barriers that are the hallmarks of modern life: ubiquitous surveillance cameras and border controls that use biometrics, not to mention smartphones, watches and cars that often reveal their whereabouts. Then there is the "digital dust," the personal records that almost everyone leaves on the internet. Combined with advances in artificial intelligence that can quickly sift through such data, these technologies are fast becoming a powerful tool for foreign adversaries to root out spies, current and former officials in the U.S. and Western intelligence communities say. CIA officers "will strive to remain hidden and operate covertly and will face a perennial risk of exposure — to themselves, their agents and their methods of espionage," a task force at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank, said in a report. Crossing borders under an assumed name is fast becoming a thing of the past, several former officials said, thanks to biometrics such as facial recognition and iris scanning. "It's much harder for intelligence agents to disguise themselves using aliases," said a retired Western intelligence official, who estimated that he had used nine fake identities during his career, all with corresponding credit cards.

More espionage will be conducted under "real names," meaning spies will not pretend to be someone else but will instead act under the guise of businessmen, academics or other professionals with no obvious ties to the U.S. government. At the same time, espionage is increasingly becoming a team sport. In the past, a single spy planned and carried out an operation alone. In the future, a team will be needed to help guard against digital surveillance and guide CIA officers around it. These undertakings require more time, personnel and other resources.

This is also the reason why Americans hate foreign electronic products entering their country.

They especially hate companies that don't allow them to open backdoors!

So the US government is actually not willing to install surveillance on its own... First, it is too expensive. Second... it is not worth it. Because they can use the backdoors of all electronic devices to conduct all-round surveillance, why use such an outdated method as surveillance?

"My goodness...isn't this illegal? This is a serious violation of citizens' privacy rights!" Jessica was taken to the underground mainframe room of Stark Tower!
Here, there is a huge supercomputer, which is also the main body of Jarvis... It is precisely because of such powerful computing power that Jarvis looks so smart. In fact, up to now, Jarvis is not a real artificial intelligence.

True artificial intelligence should have the following characteristics:

Creativity: True artificial intelligence has the ability to think independently, innovate and invent, and can create new knowledge and technology based on existing knowledge and experience.

Initiative: True AI can proactively ask questions, seek information, explore, and reason, rather than just passively accepting tasks and instructions.

Consciousness: True artificial intelligence has conscious activities such as self-cognition, self-simulation, and self-regulation, and can analyze and reflect on its own state and behavior.

This is obviously not something that can be solved by computing power. Jarvis only looks like artificial intelligence, but it is not actually. It has no real autonomous consciousness and initiative. All its actions are based on set programs...

Far away.

This huge supercomputer is also connected to the outside world!
Tony once tried a special super program, which can hack into all electronic devices anytime and anywhere to find the information he wants, and there is also the help of Hydra. When they defeated Hydra's Insight Plan, they got the underlying code of the Insight Plan left by Hydra scientist Arnim Zola.

Relying on this code, Pierce and Nick Fury later came up with the Insight Project.

The Insight Program is a manifestation of comprehensive capabilities and comprehensive strategies, which aims to go deep into the essence of things or problems and formulate strategies through observation, analysis and judgment. It involves in-depth observation of various things, especially through the observation and analysis of big data, to predict and respond to potential threats. The core of the Insight Program lies in "big data observation and analysis", which predicts everyone's future by accurately collecting everyone's behavioral data, including deposit data, account flow data, consumption data, taxi records, scientific research results, school grades, work and rest patterns, and even hotel booking records. This system can comprehensively analyze the trends and historical performance of all behavioral data through satellite detection and data analysis, so as to accurately predict everyone's future. The purpose of the Insight Program is to strangle many threats in the cradle. Through this predictive ability, organizations such as Hydra try to control humans and establish a new order, and humans may lose their freedom as a result.

Of course, after Tony got this thing, he didn't intend to make it into a tool for ruling the world. He just regarded it as one of the cornerstones of true artificial intelligence.

As the saying goes, there is no good or evil in a knife. The good or evil depends on the person holding the knife!

Of course, Tony also knew how sensitive this thing was, so he never used it after making it... If the US government knew about it, they would definitely get it as soon as possible.

Tony had no interest in getting himself into trouble.

"Your boss personally asked me to do this." It was true... Kai did ask Tony to do this. But he himself had no intention of abusing this thing. But what if something unexpected happened? It's always good to have more trump cards in hand.

"By the way, now that you know this, you must keep it to yourself and don't tell anyone, otherwise Kai and I will be in big trouble."

Facing Tony's warning, Jessica nodded seriously.

If it was just Tony, Jessica would definitely not care so much. First, she herself had a strong resistance to this thing, and no one wanted to have everything of theirs seen by others. Second, she thought that if she really ran into any trouble in the future, she might be able to borrow it. So why should she help Tony keep it a secret?
But with Kai, it’s different.

Kai was her savior, who saved her from hell and allowed her to become a police officer without being affected by the nightmare she once had.

Jessica couldn't forget this favor... And, to be honest, Jessica had always had some thoughts about Kai, and she had never hidden it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have never had a serious relationship in all these years... You know, Jessica's private life was not very decent before.

"Got it, let's investigate the case!"

"Okay! Jarvis! Start the penetration sequence!"

Jessica looked at Tony with a complicated expression. What a name...

Although the chaos caused by the penetration plan did not cause many casualties, at least not many innocent people were killed or injured. However, the impact it caused was very great.

It even caused a shock to the US government at one point.

I almost lost my credibility.

Speaking of which, this is also Black Widow's fault. Black Widow was completely disappointed with SHIELD at the time, so she turned around and posted the whole story of the Pierce Project on the Internet. Then everyone in the world knew that SHIELD had launched such a project that could monitor people all over the world... At that time, all countries were very excited.

Americans are not much better.

Americans do care about personal privacy, although they don't really have much privacy. For a long time, the US government and its related agencies have relied on their technological advantages to conduct large-scale, indiscriminate wiretapping of secrets around the world. Whether it is for its own citizens or for foreign governments, companies and individuals, the US's wiretapping operations have reached the point of wantonness and lawlessness, seriously violating international law and basic norms of international relations. Facts have repeatedly proved that the United States is a "surveillance empire" that endangers the world. The Privacy and Technology Law Center at Georgetown University in the United States released a report titled "America's Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportations in the 21st Century." The report revealed that over the years, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has carefully woven a complex and huge surveillance network that far exceeds its responsibilities as an immigration agency.

In fact, the United States began monitoring and censoring communications in and out of the United States during World War I and World War II, and its large-scale surveillance practices continued throughout the Cold War. During the American civil rights movement, many Americans were also placed under government surveillance orders. In 1972, the Watergate scandal occurred in the United States, and the abuse of power and illegal wiretapping caused a political scandal. With the development of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other institutions, American surveillance has become institutionalized. Especially after the September 9th incident, the US government, under the name of "national security" and "anti-terrorism", passed legislation such as the Patriot Act, the Protect America Act, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendment 11, and continued to expand the authority of security agencies. Although former US defense contractor employee Snowden and the WikiLeaks website exposed the United States' abuse of surveillance to the world, the United States was forced to pass a bill in 2008 to end the domestic wiretapping program in the United States. However, in reality, US intelligence agencies and other departments continue to carry out extensive surveillance without authorization.

However, as long as this matter is not spoken out, everyone will pretend not to know. But Black Widow actually exposed this matter directly to the whole world, and everyone is embarrassed.

Fortunately, Nick Fury took the blame and prevented the incident from escalating further.

After all, the first country to be hit was the United States. If it was the United States that was behind this, how could it be allowed to explode on American soil?

So for a long time, Project Insight was probably a nightmare for Americans...including the U.S. government.

"It's just a name. It won't be made public, so it doesn't matter what it's called."

"It's better this way... If you get exposed, you'd better be prepared to take the blame alone. Our boss will not be infamous with you forever!" Jessica threatened!
"Hey, hey! You're the one who promised to keep it a secret, right?!!" Tony was very unhappy with Jessica's threat. Why did she say that to me?
"Hehe! Did you keep it a secret?" Jessica looked at Tony with disdain.

Tony looked at Jessica...speechless...I brought you here because you said I would support you at all costs, but you turned the tables and made it my fault...This woman is really...