Posted on 07/02/2019 3:39:19 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Chinese border police are secretly installing surveillance apps on the phones of visitors and downloading personal information as part of the government’s intensive scrutiny of the remote Xinjiang region, the Guardian can reveal.
This includes a variety of terms associated with Islamist extremism, including Inspire, the English-language magazine produced by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, and various weapons operation manuals.
the iPhones are plugged into a reader that scans them, while Android phones have the app installed to do the same job.
Analysis of that software by the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Ruhr-University Bochum and the German cybersecurity firm Cure53 suggested it was designed to upload information such as emails on to a server at the border office.
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The Chinese are of the left, and no open border?
I wonder why they’d do that...
From the article: “An investigation by the Guardian and international partners has found that travellers are being targeted when they attempt to enter the region from neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.”
Wikipedia: “Islam is the dominant religion of Kyrgyzstan: 88% of the population is NDM (Non-denominational Muslim).”
‘Nuff said.
bkmk
The reds at the Guardian have traditionally supported anything their comrades commies in China do. But islamos are more sacrosanct than commie Chinese are for the saintly Guardian folk.
Good plan. A cheap flip phone for calls only.
You’re not going to get much on the internet anyway while there.
Good plan. A cheap flip phone for calls only.
You’re not going to get much on the internet anyway while there.
There's no proof they'd do that.....
Chins is the biggest threat to the world today.
Fortunately Trump is pulling the rug from under their house of cards economy.
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