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Editor’s Note: It is an online forum post stating that "Big data can track the current location of those people who had visited the Huanan Seafood Fishery Wholesale Market "

(22 Jan) The map shows where the tracked people are currently, after they have paid by Alipay in the Huanan Seafood Fishery Wholesale Market. The population distribution matches with the disease incidence data. If that is the case, there would be a lot of hidden risks in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Source: https://forums.huaren.us/showtopic.aspx?topicid=2494916

#Alipay #WuhanPneumonia #HuananSeafoodFisheryMarket
#BigData #MassSurveillance #CyberSecurity
China's Alipay Enters Hong Kong Schools, Worry Over the Collection Personal Data by China

Under the menace of the new coronvirus, "virtual classroom" will be adopted in all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong in the new term.

Meanwhile, it is reported that more than 20 schools have switched to China-owned Alipay to handle fees. Parents and students expressed worries over Alipay infiltration on campus.

According to a student from the Chinese Christian Church Cheun Chun Middle School, the school in mid-August suddenly issued a notice through the its online platform, informing parents that they will have to pay by Alipay, instead of the previously used Hong Kong's Octopus system. In other words, parents are forced to install thd apps and open an Alipay account on or before August 31.

When downloading the App and signing up for an account, the user's mobile phone status and identification code will be accessed, and the user's identity may be tracked through the identification code.

Source: CUPID News; Apple Daily #Aug31

#Alipay #CCPControl
India bans 118 more Chinese apps: Tencent's "PUBG" and Alipay on the list

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEIT) announced the banning of 118 more Chinese applications on September 2, including the popular Tencent mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG). Other apps including Alipay, AlipayHK, search engine Baidu, several dating websites and even selfie-editing apps were also on the list.

In its statement, MEIT alleged that the 118 banned apps promote activities that are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order”. PUBG is popular among young people in India with an estimated several million players.

The worst bloodshed between India and China in 45 years broke out at the border earlier in June, leaving at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. The media reported that the PLA raided with spiked clubs, but Indian soldiers met the attack with only fists and stones. The two sides fought for up to seven hours, with the conflict taking place on a steep mountain ridge, resulting in many soldiers from both sides falling off the cliff and freezing to death. Since then, tensions between the two sides have grown and eventually India announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

Source: Apple Daily #Sep02

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200902/F5RRTGMUCVDDFN2HXEECBB4WSQ/

#India #ChineseMobileApps #Tencent #PlayersUnknownBattleground #PUBG #Alipay #AlipayHK #TikTok #SinoIndianBorderConflict
Trump Signed an Executive Order to ban 8 Mobile Apps Transactions, Including Alipay and Wechat Pay

Donald Trump signed an executive order on 5 Jan local time banning transactions of 8 Chinese-related mobile apps, including Alipay and Wechat pay. The ban will take effect in 45 days.

The Trump government has not yet announced the contents of the order. However, Steve Herman, a reporter of the Voice of America who stationed in the White House, posted on Twitter that the prohibited transaction mobile apps include Alipay, Wechat pay, CamScanner, QQ wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office.

Donald Trump pointed out that the apps may be able to obtain personal and sensitive information of users via mobile devices, tablets and computers. The collected data may have a chance for the Chinese government to “track the position of Federal Government staff and contract staff and set up personal message files”. According to The Wall Street Journal, the order instructs the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to assess whether other software constitutes threats to the US national security. The order also requests the Secretary of Commerce, the Head of Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence to publish suggestions to prevent US user data being transferred to the hands of the overseas opponents.

Source from: The Stand News #Jan06

https://bit.ly/35BvWDy

#Trump #ExecutiveOrder #Alipay #Wechatpay #China #US #Transactions #SteveHerman #MobileApps #ChineseApps #WallStreetJournal