Police in China’s Henan Province are baffled by a local man who can’t be photographed.
Ye Xiangting showed up at his local police station to be photographed for an ID card. Cops were shocked when he sat for a picture and didn’t show up in the image.
Workers at the station checked everything. The digital camera worked fine. Ye carried nothing on his body or in his clothes that could interfere with the electronics.
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January 15, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Can you say ‘adaptive mutation to panoptic surveillance?’ Kinda wordy, but damn. I’d really love to learn how to do this reliably. Help out with the stencil work I’ve started.