Telegram Bug ‘Exploited’ By Chinese Agencies, Hong Kong Activists Claim
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/08/25/chinese-agencies-crack-telegram-a-timely-warning-for-end-to-end-encryption
#hk #hongkong #china #tg #telegram #why
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/08/25/chinese-agencies-crack-telegram-a-timely-warning-for-end-to-end-encryption
#hk #hongkong #china #tg #telegram #why
Forbes
Telegram Bug ‘Exploited’ By Chinese Agencies, Hong Kong Activists Claim
Hong Kong protesters claim the secure messaging platform is leaking identities to government agencies. A reminder of what's a stake in the wider privacy debate.
Hong Kong police are spraying protesters with blue-dye water cannons to mark them for arrest later
https://www.insider.com/hong-kong-police-fire-blue-dye-water-cannons-2019-8
#hk #hongkong #china #why
https://www.insider.com/hong-kong-police-fire-blue-dye-water-cannons-2019-8
#hk #hongkong #china #why
Insider
Hong Kong police are spraying protesters with blue-dye water cannons to mark them for arrest later
The Hong Kong protests, sparked by a proposed extradition bill from mainland China, have been going on for 13 weeks.
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Hong Kong protests: China trying to manipulate politics with covert intelligence operation, says whistleblower
Beijing seeks to turn an 'originally democratic and free land into autocratic land', fears defector
A man claiming to be a disillusioned Chinese intelligence operative has told Australian authorities that China’s military intelligence agencies were directly intervening in politics in Hong Kong and Taiwan, buying media coverage, infiltrating universities, funnelling donations to favoured candidates and creating thousands of social media accounts to attack Taiwan’s governing party.
So far, some Western diplomatic officials believe the claims by an asylum-seeker named Wang Liqiang to be reliable at least in part, according to two people briefed on the matter. While some of his details appeared speculative and impossible to verify, the officials were taking his claims seriously, the people said.
If verified, his account would be one of the most detailed ever made public of China’s covert measures to manipulate politics and public opinion in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Mr Wang’s account, a 17-page plea for political asylum in Australia, reads in parts like an espionage thriller. He detailed code names of covert operations, shadowy business ventures and ultimately his dawning disenchantment with what he described as China’s efforts to stifle democracy and human rights around the world.
“I do not want to see Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong,” he wrote. “And I would not become an accomplice in the conspiracy of turning an originally democratic and free land into autocratic land.”
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-china-taiwan-whistleblower-intelligence-australia-a9214671.html
#HongKong #FreeHongKong #Beijing #China #Australia #whistleblower #spy #manipulation
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Beijing seeks to turn an 'originally democratic and free land into autocratic land', fears defector
A man claiming to be a disillusioned Chinese intelligence operative has told Australian authorities that China’s military intelligence agencies were directly intervening in politics in Hong Kong and Taiwan, buying media coverage, infiltrating universities, funnelling donations to favoured candidates and creating thousands of social media accounts to attack Taiwan’s governing party.
So far, some Western diplomatic officials believe the claims by an asylum-seeker named Wang Liqiang to be reliable at least in part, according to two people briefed on the matter. While some of his details appeared speculative and impossible to verify, the officials were taking his claims seriously, the people said.
If verified, his account would be one of the most detailed ever made public of China’s covert measures to manipulate politics and public opinion in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Mr Wang’s account, a 17-page plea for political asylum in Australia, reads in parts like an espionage thriller. He detailed code names of covert operations, shadowy business ventures and ultimately his dawning disenchantment with what he described as China’s efforts to stifle democracy and human rights around the world.
“I do not want to see Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong,” he wrote. “And I would not become an accomplice in the conspiracy of turning an originally democratic and free land into autocratic land.”
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-china-taiwan-whistleblower-intelligence-australia-a9214671.html
#HongKong #FreeHongKong #Beijing #China #Australia #whistleblower #spy #manipulation
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Congratulations, YouTube... Now Show Your Work
Earlier this week, #YouTube finally acknowledged their #recommendation #engine suggests harmful content. It’s a small step in the right direction, but YouTube still has a long history of dismissing independent #researchers. We created a #timeline to prove it.
Over the past year and some, it’s been like clockwork.
First: a news story emerges about YouTube’s recommendation engine harming users. Take your pick: The #algorithm has radicalized young adults in the U.S., sowed division in #Brazil, spread state-sponsored #propaganda in #HongKong, and more.
Then: YouTube responds. But not by admitting fault or detailing a solution. Instead, the company issues a statement diffusing blame, criticising the research methodologies used to investigate their recommendations, and vaguely promising that they’re working on it.
In a blog post earlier this week, YouTube acknowledged that their recommendation engine has been suggesting borderline content to users and posted a timeline showing that they’ve dedicated significant resources towards fixing this problem for several years. What they fail to acknowledge is how they have been evading and dismissing journalists and academics who have been highlighting this problem for years. Further, there is still a glaring absence of publicly verifiable data that supports YouTube’s claims that they are fixing the problem.
That’s why today, #Mozilla is publishing an #inventory of YouTube’s responses to external #research into their recommendation engine. Our timeline chronicles 14 responses — all evasive or dismissive — issued over the span of 22 months. You can find them below, in reverse chronological order.
💡 We noticed a few trends across these statements:
‼️ YouTube often claims it’s addressing the issue by tweaking its algorithm, but provides almost no detail into what, exactly, those tweaks are
‼️ YouTube claims to have data that disproves independent research — but, refuses to share that data
‼️ YouTube dismisses independent research into this topic as misguided or anecdotal, but refuses to allow third-party access to its data in order to confirm this
👉🏼 Read more:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/congratulations-youtube-now-show-your-work/
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Earlier this week, #YouTube finally acknowledged their #recommendation #engine suggests harmful content. It’s a small step in the right direction, but YouTube still has a long history of dismissing independent #researchers. We created a #timeline to prove it.
Over the past year and some, it’s been like clockwork.
First: a news story emerges about YouTube’s recommendation engine harming users. Take your pick: The #algorithm has radicalized young adults in the U.S., sowed division in #Brazil, spread state-sponsored #propaganda in #HongKong, and more.
Then: YouTube responds. But not by admitting fault or detailing a solution. Instead, the company issues a statement diffusing blame, criticising the research methodologies used to investigate their recommendations, and vaguely promising that they’re working on it.
In a blog post earlier this week, YouTube acknowledged that their recommendation engine has been suggesting borderline content to users and posted a timeline showing that they’ve dedicated significant resources towards fixing this problem for several years. What they fail to acknowledge is how they have been evading and dismissing journalists and academics who have been highlighting this problem for years. Further, there is still a glaring absence of publicly verifiable data that supports YouTube’s claims that they are fixing the problem.
That’s why today, #Mozilla is publishing an #inventory of YouTube’s responses to external #research into their recommendation engine. Our timeline chronicles 14 responses — all evasive or dismissive — issued over the span of 22 months. You can find them below, in reverse chronological order.
💡 We noticed a few trends across these statements:
‼️ YouTube often claims it’s addressing the issue by tweaking its algorithm, but provides almost no detail into what, exactly, those tweaks are
‼️ YouTube claims to have data that disproves independent research — but, refuses to share that data
‼️ YouTube dismisses independent research into this topic as misguided or anecdotal, but refuses to allow third-party access to its data in order to confirm this
👉🏼 Read more:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/congratulations-youtube-now-show-your-work/
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What the World can learn from Hongkong - From Unanimity to Anonymity
The people of Hong Kong have been using unique tactics, novel uses of technology, and a constantly adapting toolset in their fight to maintain their distinctiveness from China since early June. Numerous anonymous interviews with protesters from front liners to middle class supporters and left wing activists reveal a movement that has been unfairly simplified in international reporting.
⚠️ This Talk was translated into multiple languages. The files available for download contain all languages as separate audio-tracks. Most desktop video players allow you to choose between them. Please look for "audio tracks" in your desktop video player.
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10933-what_the_world_can_learn_from_hongkong
#video #CCC #36c3 #Hongkong #Anonymity
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The people of Hong Kong have been using unique tactics, novel uses of technology, and a constantly adapting toolset in their fight to maintain their distinctiveness from China since early June. Numerous anonymous interviews with protesters from front liners to middle class supporters and left wing activists reveal a movement that has been unfairly simplified in international reporting.
⚠️ This Talk was translated into multiple languages. The files available for download contain all languages as separate audio-tracks. Most desktop video players allow you to choose between them. Please look for "audio tracks" in your desktop video player.
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10933-what_the_world_can_learn_from_hongkong
#video #CCC #36c3 #Hongkong #Anonymity
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Hong Kong Residents Are Erasing Their Own Internet Histories Before China's Big Crackdown
“Draconian laws and barricades cannot stop our spirit of resistance,” said a young engineer who expects to be targeted by Beijing.
Kedros Ng has lived in Hong Kong his entire life. He studied engineering after leaving school and worked hard to build his civil engineering business from scratch.
Despite an unblemished criminal record, the 31-year-old last month downloaded over 10 gigabytes of data from his Facebook account and deleted it forever.
“You never know if the Chinese Communist Party of the Hong Kong government will dig through your history and arrest you for ‘harming national security,’” Ng told VICE News.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4k95/hong-kong-residents-are-erasing-their-own-internet-histories-before-chinas-big-crackdown
#hongkong #china #surveillance #privacy
“Draconian laws and barricades cannot stop our spirit of resistance,” said a young engineer who expects to be targeted by Beijing.
Kedros Ng has lived in Hong Kong his entire life. He studied engineering after leaving school and worked hard to build his civil engineering business from scratch.
Despite an unblemished criminal record, the 31-year-old last month downloaded over 10 gigabytes of data from his Facebook account and deleted it forever.
“You never know if the Chinese Communist Party of the Hong Kong government will dig through your history and arrest you for ‘harming national security,’” Ng told VICE News.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4k95/hong-kong-residents-are-erasing-their-own-internet-histories-before-chinas-big-crackdown
#hongkong #china #surveillance #privacy
Exclusive: Telegram to temporarily refuse data requests from Hong Kong courts amid security law ‘terrorism’ fears
Messaging app Telegram has told HKFP that it will temporarily refuse data requests from the Hong Kong authorities until an international consensus emerges over recent political changes. It comes as Hongkongers abandon certain messaging and social media platforms following the enactment of the controversial national security law last month.
“We understand the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our Hong Kong users under these circumstances,” Mike Ravdonikas of Telegram told HKFP on Sunday. “Accordingly, Telegram does not intend to process any data requests related to its Hong Kong users until an international consensus is reached in relation to the ongoing political changes in the city.”
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/05/exclusive-telegram-to-temporarily-refuse-data-requests-from-hong-kong-courts-amid-security-law-terrorism-row/
#asia #china #hongkong #privacy #surveillance
Messaging app Telegram has told HKFP that it will temporarily refuse data requests from the Hong Kong authorities until an international consensus emerges over recent political changes. It comes as Hongkongers abandon certain messaging and social media platforms following the enactment of the controversial national security law last month.
“We understand the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our Hong Kong users under these circumstances,” Mike Ravdonikas of Telegram told HKFP on Sunday. “Accordingly, Telegram does not intend to process any data requests related to its Hong Kong users until an international consensus is reached in relation to the ongoing political changes in the city.”
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/05/exclusive-telegram-to-temporarily-refuse-data-requests-from-hong-kong-courts-amid-security-law-terrorism-row/
#asia #china #hongkong #privacy #surveillance
Facebook, Twitter, Google Face Free-Speech Test in Hong Kong
New national-security law means authorities can ask companies to delete users or their content
HONG KONG—U.S. technology titans face a looming test of their free-speech credentials in Hong Kong as China’s new national-security law for the city demands local authorities take measures to supervise and regulate its uncensored internet.
Facebook Inc. and its Instagram service, Twitter Inc. and YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, operate freely in the city even as they have been shut out or opted out of the mainland’s tightly controlled internet, which uses the “Great Firewall” to censor information.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-face-free-speech-test-in-hong-kong-11593790205
#asia #china #hongkong #freespeech #censorship
New national-security law means authorities can ask companies to delete users or their content
HONG KONG—U.S. technology titans face a looming test of their free-speech credentials in Hong Kong as China’s new national-security law for the city demands local authorities take measures to supervise and regulate its uncensored internet.
Facebook Inc. and its Instagram service, Twitter Inc. and YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, operate freely in the city even as they have been shut out or opted out of the mainland’s tightly controlled internet, which uses the “Great Firewall” to censor information.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-face-free-speech-test-in-hong-kong-11593790205
#asia #china #hongkong #freespeech #censorship
Hong Kong police granted sweeping security surveillance powers
Hong Kong's police have been granted vastly expanded powers to conduct warrantless raids and surveillance -- as well as issue internet takedown notices -- under Beijing's new national security law.
The announcement comes as major tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter said they were suspending requests from the Hong Kong government and law enforcement authorities for information on users.
The new provisions, disclosed late Monday in a 116-page document, remove much of the judicial oversight that previously governed police surveillance powers.
Officers will be able to conduct a search without a warrant if they deem a threat to national security is "urgent".
https://www.france24.com/en/20200707-hong-kong-police-granted-sweeping-security-surveillance-powers
#asia #hongkong #china #surveillance
Hong Kong's police have been granted vastly expanded powers to conduct warrantless raids and surveillance -- as well as issue internet takedown notices -- under Beijing's new national security law.
The announcement comes as major tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter said they were suspending requests from the Hong Kong government and law enforcement authorities for information on users.
The new provisions, disclosed late Monday in a 116-page document, remove much of the judicial oversight that previously governed police surveillance powers.
Officers will be able to conduct a search without a warrant if they deem a threat to national security is "urgent".
https://www.france24.com/en/20200707-hong-kong-police-granted-sweeping-security-surveillance-powers
#asia #hongkong #china #surveillance
Facebook, Google and Twitter block Hong Kong from accessing user data
Moves by social media companies follow rollout of China’s national security law
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Online message platform Reddit, which counts China’s Tencent among its investors, said in a statement: “All legal requests from Hong Kong are bound by careful review for validity and with a special attention to human rights implications.”
In a follow-up statement, it said that it had not received any requests from Hong Kong and that its “policies on protecting user information are in no way influenced by our investors”
Snap, another company that has received investment from Tencent, declined to comment on whether it will continue to process Hong Kong government requests or not.
https://www.ft.com/content/08e9c0f4-132c-4097-a8df-59094befa57b
#asia #china #hongkong #privacy #reddit
Moves by social media companies follow rollout of China’s national security law
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Online message platform Reddit, which counts China’s Tencent among its investors, said in a statement: “All legal requests from Hong Kong are bound by careful review for validity and with a special attention to human rights implications.”
In a follow-up statement, it said that it had not received any requests from Hong Kong and that its “policies on protecting user information are in no way influenced by our investors”
Snap, another company that has received investment from Tencent, declined to comment on whether it will continue to process Hong Kong government requests or not.
https://www.ft.com/content/08e9c0f4-132c-4097-a8df-59094befa57b
#asia #china #hongkong #privacy #reddit
China’s Great Firewall has finally come to Hong Kong’s internet
https://qz.com/1877636/chinas-great-firewall-arrives-in-hong-kongs-internet
#hk #hongkong #china #tgf #censorship #gov #why
https://qz.com/1877636/chinas-great-firewall-arrives-in-hong-kongs-internet
#hk #hongkong #china #tgf #censorship #gov #why
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China’s Great Firewall has finally come to Hong Kong’s internet
But US tech giants are pushing back against the newly enacted national security law, which now gives police powers to ask internet companies to remove content.
VPN Providers Disable Servers in Hong Kong to Protect Users from China's Security Law
Private Internet Access and TunnelBear fear their VPN servers could be confiscated in the event Chinese authorities use the new law to seize them.
Citing users’ safety, two VPN providers are shutting down their servers in Hong Kong in response to China’s new security law for the city.
Both Private Internet Access and TunnelBear have decided to pull the plug on the Hong Kong-based VPN servers over fears local authorities will try to confiscate them. “China’s new national security law allows law enforcement to seize servers located in Hong Kong without a warrant and otherwise execute warrantless interception of communications,” Private Internet Access wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/vpn-providers-disable-servers-in-hong-kong-to-protect-users-from-chinas
#asia #hongkong #china #vpn
Private Internet Access and TunnelBear fear their VPN servers could be confiscated in the event Chinese authorities use the new law to seize them.
Citing users’ safety, two VPN providers are shutting down their servers in Hong Kong in response to China’s new security law for the city.
Both Private Internet Access and TunnelBear have decided to pull the plug on the Hong Kong-based VPN servers over fears local authorities will try to confiscate them. “China’s new national security law allows law enforcement to seize servers located in Hong Kong without a warrant and otherwise execute warrantless interception of communications,” Private Internet Access wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/vpn-providers-disable-servers-in-hong-kong-to-protect-users-from-chinas
#asia #hongkong #china #vpn
Chinese state hackers target Hong Kong Catholic Church
EXCLUSIVE: Spear-phishing operation targets members of the Hong Kong Catholic Church.
China's government hackers have targeted members of the Hong Kong Catholic Church in a series of spear-phishing operations traced back to May this year.
The attacks have come to light after reports [1, 2, 3] that some of Hong Kong's church leaders and clergy have been directly involved in supporting pro-democracy protests despite orders from the Vatican to remain neutral.
The spear-phishing campaign fits recent reports that Chinese government hacking groups focusing cyber-espionage efforts on the Hong Kong region after pro-democracy protests begun last year [1, 2].
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-state-hackers-target-hong-kong-catholic-church/
#asia #china #hongkong #hackers #surveillance #freespeech
EXCLUSIVE: Spear-phishing operation targets members of the Hong Kong Catholic Church.
China's government hackers have targeted members of the Hong Kong Catholic Church in a series of spear-phishing operations traced back to May this year.
The attacks have come to light after reports [1, 2, 3] that some of Hong Kong's church leaders and clergy have been directly involved in supporting pro-democracy protests despite orders from the Vatican to remain neutral.
The spear-phishing campaign fits recent reports that Chinese government hacking groups focusing cyber-espionage efforts on the Hong Kong region after pro-democracy protests begun last year [1, 2].
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-state-hackers-target-hong-kong-catholic-church/
#asia #china #hongkong #hackers #surveillance #freespeech