Location: Changge City, Henan Province, China
Chinese police have developed a new software to monitor mobile phones. Recently, the police went door-to-door to check villagers’ mobile phones, collect their personal information, take their photo, and verify their ID card. - Woman: Hello everyone, I am Dong Mei, a peasant. The junior police captain just came to my house. He asked me to go to the (local Communist Party) brigade with my ID card and mobile phone. Let’s go over to see what is happening. I am setting off on my scooter.
Policeman: There are one to two thousand people here. I'll ask all of them to come here.
Woman: What are you doing with the phones? What’s it for?
Policeman: For collecting information.
Woman: Collecting information?
Police: Checking cell phones to see if the owner is a scammer or a victim of swindling or identity theft.
Woman: The whole of Changge city will be checked?
Policeman: Yes.Woman: Village by village?
Policeman: Yes.
