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#FirstHand #Feb28 #Video
Hongkongers Chant "Liberate Hong Kong", Police Warn of National Security Violation
1800 | Mong Kok
On Sunday, Feb 28, 2021 in Mongkok, the Hong Kong Police caused chaos in the crowd as they wrestled a civilian to the ground.
See video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28806
On the same day, the police announced charging 47 pro-democracy politians and acitivists with "conspiracy to subverting state powers".
It was reported that civilians chanted "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of the times". The police then hastily raised a warning flag and cautioned nearby citizens for violating the #NationalSecurityLaw.
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Read more from the same day:
Student and Hospital Workers Call for Boycott of Govt Tracking App and Support for Arrested Pro-Dem Candidates
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28813
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist: We've Decided to Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28805
#PoliceState #Arrest #AuthoritarianRegime
Hongkongers Chant "Liberate Hong Kong", Police Warn of National Security Violation
1800 | Mong Kok
On Sunday, Feb 28, 2021 in Mongkok, the Hong Kong Police caused chaos in the crowd as they wrestled a civilian to the ground.
See video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28806
On the same day, the police announced charging 47 pro-democracy politians and acitivists with "conspiracy to subverting state powers".
It was reported that civilians chanted "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of the times". The police then hastily raised a warning flag and cautioned nearby citizens for violating the #NationalSecurityLaw.
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Read more from the same day:
Student and Hospital Workers Call for Boycott of Govt Tracking App and Support for Arrested Pro-Dem Candidates
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28813
Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist: We've Decided to Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28805
#PoliceState #Arrest #AuthoritarianRegime
How can we Leave Home Safely when the LeaveHomeSafe app asks for 15 permissions and is developed by a Chinese company, especially there is a reference to Singapore's app?
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #TrackandTrace #GoHKgraphics
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #TrackandTrace #GoHKgraphics
#FailedState #Fake #MassSurveillance
#LeaveHomeSafe App Download Rate Surges; Top Downloads in Pacific and Caribbean Islands Causes Suspicion on Possible Scam Downloads
Source: Stand News #Feb22
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#LeaveHomeSafe App Download Rate Surges; Top Downloads in Pacific and Caribbean Islands Causes Suspicion on Possible Scam Downloads
Source: Stand News #Feb22
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#FailedState #Fake #MassSurveillance
#LeaveHomeSafe App Download Rate Surges; Top Downloads in Pacific and Caribbean Islands Causes Suspicion on Possible Scam Downloads
The Hong Kong government announced a more relaxed social distance measure in Hong Kong on February 18, 2021 and allowed dinner dine-in until 10pm where 4 customers can share a table.
However, for those dining-in, there is a requirement to scan a QR code with the government's “LeaveHomeSafe” app which authorities use for contact tracing or to provide personal information to the restaurant.
Rhe app has triggered worries over surveillance and privacy in the city. According to the government, there is, however, a surge in the number of downloads for the “LeaveHomeSafe” app.
The government reported an "overwhelming response" from the public, with over 2.3 million downloads. But data from an app analysis website shows that the Android app has the most downloads in the Health category in many countries outside of Hong Kong and Macau.
Most of which are from the Pacific and Caribbean island countries. This raises some suspicion and the situation suggests that some might have turned to individual companies for help in “tampering with the numbers”, or “paid listing boost” which are prevalent in China, to create the illusion of high download rates.
As for App Store Optimization (#ASO) services, netizen and travel writer Pazu Kong (薯伯伯) mentioned that in China that “it only takes a couple of cents for a machine to do this, and a few bucks for a person. One person can operate more than 100 SIM cards and more than 100 smartphones to artificially build up junk download rates to boost their rankings, increase visitation volume, and give 5-star ratings. Usually, if it was done by humans, it will be less likely to be noticed.”
One of the ASO companies quoted the price stating that purchasing 500 downloads from Google Play cost just a bit over HK$100.
Source: Stand News #Feb22
#Clickrate #FakeDownloads
#LeaveHomeSafe App Download Rate Surges; Top Downloads in Pacific and Caribbean Islands Causes Suspicion on Possible Scam Downloads
The Hong Kong government announced a more relaxed social distance measure in Hong Kong on February 18, 2021 and allowed dinner dine-in until 10pm where 4 customers can share a table.
However, for those dining-in, there is a requirement to scan a QR code with the government's “LeaveHomeSafe” app which authorities use for contact tracing or to provide personal information to the restaurant.
Rhe app has triggered worries over surveillance and privacy in the city. According to the government, there is, however, a surge in the number of downloads for the “LeaveHomeSafe” app.
The government reported an "overwhelming response" from the public, with over 2.3 million downloads. But data from an app analysis website shows that the Android app has the most downloads in the Health category in many countries outside of Hong Kong and Macau.
Most of which are from the Pacific and Caribbean island countries. This raises some suspicion and the situation suggests that some might have turned to individual companies for help in “tampering with the numbers”, or “paid listing boost” which are prevalent in China, to create the illusion of high download rates.
As for App Store Optimization (#ASO) services, netizen and travel writer Pazu Kong (薯伯伯) mentioned that in China that “it only takes a couple of cents for a machine to do this, and a few bucks for a person. One person can operate more than 100 SIM cards and more than 100 smartphones to artificially build up junk download rates to boost their rankings, increase visitation volume, and give 5-star ratings. Usually, if it was done by humans, it will be less likely to be noticed.”
One of the ASO companies quoted the price stating that purchasing 500 downloads from Google Play cost just a bit over HK$100.
Source: Stand News #Feb22
#Clickrate #FakeDownloads
LIHKG listed out locations where the LeaveHomeSafe app ranks at the top download. Even travel gurus may not know some of the places' Chinese name’
#LeaveHomeSafe #LIHKG #GoHKgraphics
#LeaveHomeSafe #LIHKG #GoHKgraphics
#MassSurveillance #BigData
HK Gov't's COVID-tracing App Keeps Visit Records For Up to 7 Years and Shares Data with Enforcement Personnel
Recently, a revised privacy statement of the Hong Kong government-endorsed COVID-tracing app, #LeaveHomeSafe, showed that users’ visit records would be uploaded to the Department of Health and stored for a period of up to seven years.
The statement also mentioned that such records could be provided to law enforcement agents, aiding their tracking work.
This statement is different from the earlier version in February 2021, in which it stressed that records of users’ visits would only be stored in their handsets and will not be used for other track-and-trace matters.
It seems that users’ visit records have already been sent to the Government database. It was said that users’ visit records lodged via the mobile app would be first collected in the cloud database for statistical reports compilation.
Once a confirmed #COVID19 case is identified, the relevant information is downloaded to the user's mobile phone to track down his/her close contacts.
The new Privacy Statement also stated that in the face of an offence or prosecution, the Privacy Commission could authorize the use of relevant data for enforcement purposes.
Source: Unwire.hk; #Mar24
https://unwire.hk/2021/03/24/stayhomesafeappprivacyongpnermsoft/software/
#LeaveHomeSafe #Privacy #TrackandTrace #DepartmentofHealth
HK Gov't's COVID-tracing App Keeps Visit Records For Up to 7 Years and Shares Data with Enforcement Personnel
Recently, a revised privacy statement of the Hong Kong government-endorsed COVID-tracing app, #LeaveHomeSafe, showed that users’ visit records would be uploaded to the Department of Health and stored for a period of up to seven years.
The statement also mentioned that such records could be provided to law enforcement agents, aiding their tracking work.
This statement is different from the earlier version in February 2021, in which it stressed that records of users’ visits would only be stored in their handsets and will not be used for other track-and-trace matters.
It seems that users’ visit records have already been sent to the Government database. It was said that users’ visit records lodged via the mobile app would be first collected in the cloud database for statistical reports compilation.
Once a confirmed #COVID19 case is identified, the relevant information is downloaded to the user's mobile phone to track down his/her close contacts.
The new Privacy Statement also stated that in the face of an offence or prosecution, the Privacy Commission could authorize the use of relevant data for enforcement purposes.
Source: Unwire.hk; #Mar24
https://unwire.hk/2021/03/24/stayhomesafeappprivacyongpnermsoft/software/
#LeaveHomeSafe #Privacy #TrackandTrace #DepartmentofHealth
Unwire.hk
安心出行紀錄會上傳衞生署 資料提供執法人員 + 記錄留7年
近日，流動應用程式「安心出行」的聲明中指，有關外出的紀錄會被上傳至衞生署，保存年期更長達7年，聲明中更直指資科 […]
#Privacy #Tracking
HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
Source: Stand News #Sept18
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#Privacy #Tracking
HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
On September 18, 2021, a 32-year-old Hong Kong policeman was arrested for assault. He has allegedly inflicted "bodily harm", to another man in Tsim Sha Tsui in the early hours of the same day.
The Hong Kong Police issued a statement emphasizing that they take discipline among their officers very seriously, and will not tolerate any personnel committing criminal acts. They will conduct criminal investigations and disciplinary reviews accordingly.
According to HK01's report, the victim was together with four other officers when he was struck. When he called the police, the others had left the scene.
Police investigations found that the four had used the government's LeaveHomeSafe contact tracing app to record their visit to the venue. One of the four have been identified as inspector in the Police Public Relations Branch (#PPRB).
[Editor's note:
The government had issued a media statement in February 2021 to alleviate the public's privacy concerns towards the LeaveHomeSafe app. The statement, from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, explain that "visit records are kept on users’ mobile phones only, not in any government systems. There is no transfer of personal data to the Government’s system or operators of premises for retention."
https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/news_events/media_statements/press_20210219.html ]
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://thestandnews.page.link/gqQm8zbWM1cKWUr68
#AsiasFinest #Privacy #HKPolice #FailedState
HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
On September 18, 2021, a 32-year-old Hong Kong policeman was arrested for assault. He has allegedly inflicted "bodily harm", to another man in Tsim Sha Tsui in the early hours of the same day.
The Hong Kong Police issued a statement emphasizing that they take discipline among their officers very seriously, and will not tolerate any personnel committing criminal acts. They will conduct criminal investigations and disciplinary reviews accordingly.
According to HK01's report, the victim was together with four other officers when he was struck. When he called the police, the others had left the scene.
Police investigations found that the four had used the government's LeaveHomeSafe contact tracing app to record their visit to the venue. One of the four have been identified as inspector in the Police Public Relations Branch (#PPRB).
[Editor's note:
The government had issued a media statement in February 2021 to alleviate the public's privacy concerns towards the LeaveHomeSafe app. The statement, from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, explain that "visit records are kept on users’ mobile phones only, not in any government systems. There is no transfer of personal data to the Government’s system or operators of premises for retention."
https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/news_events/media_statements/press_20210219.html ]
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://thestandnews.page.link/gqQm8zbWM1cKWUr68
#AsiasFinest #Privacy #HKPolice #FailedState
www.pcpd.org.hk
Media Statement
Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,
#MassSurveillance
All Government buildings Will Require LeaveHomeSafe Starting November
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #Surveillance #HomelessPeople #StreetSleepers
Source: Stand News #Oct21
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All Government buildings Will Require LeaveHomeSafe Starting November
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #Surveillance #HomelessPeople #StreetSleepers
Source: Stand News #Oct21
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#MassSurveillance
All Government buildings Will Require LeaveHomeSafe Starting November
The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that all citizens are required to record their visit with LeaveHomeSafe before entering government buildings and offices, such as public libraries, sports centres, museums, etc. It will be strictly enforced starting from November.
The Hospital Authority (HA) and the Police Force said that the new rule covers the HA Headquarters, public hospital administrative buildings, police headquarters, and police stations.
The Society for Community Organization said that many homeless people rely on the drinking water and showering facilities in government sports halls, and sometimes need to visit government offices for various procedures. However, most of them do not have a smartphone or even a mobile phone. As a result, many had expressed anxiety about making LeaveHomeSafe mandatory for these facilities.
When LeaveHomeSafe was first released in November last year, government officials said using it would be voluntary, and only a convenience for one's own visits electronically. However, days afterwards, officials stated on a radio programme that they would not rule out making it compulsory.
Updates: The government has announced that cemeteries, public toilets, public bathhouse and rubbish collection points are exempted.
Editor's note: LeaveHomeSafe is a digital contact tracing app launched by the Hong Kong Government in response to the pandemic, for recording visit history (eg. date, time, and venue). Unlike many countries who made their app open-source and welcomed public scrutiny, Hong Kong's app is proprietary, and its privacy statement acknowledges that user records would be uploaded and stored by the government.
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #Surveillance #HomelessPeople #StreetSleepers #BigData #Privacy
Source: Stand News #Oct21
https://bit.ly/3ErUfCS
see also: HK Gov't's COVID-tracing App Keeps Visit Records For Up to 7 Years and Shares Data with Enforcement Personnel
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29224
All Government buildings Will Require LeaveHomeSafe Starting November
The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that all citizens are required to record their visit with LeaveHomeSafe before entering government buildings and offices, such as public libraries, sports centres, museums, etc. It will be strictly enforced starting from November.
The Hospital Authority (HA) and the Police Force said that the new rule covers the HA Headquarters, public hospital administrative buildings, police headquarters, and police stations.
The Society for Community Organization said that many homeless people rely on the drinking water and showering facilities in government sports halls, and sometimes need to visit government offices for various procedures. However, most of them do not have a smartphone or even a mobile phone. As a result, many had expressed anxiety about making LeaveHomeSafe mandatory for these facilities.
When LeaveHomeSafe was first released in November last year, government officials said using it would be voluntary, and only a convenience for one's own visits electronically. However, days afterwards, officials stated on a radio programme that they would not rule out making it compulsory.
Updates: The government has announced that cemeteries, public toilets, public bathhouse and rubbish collection points are exempted.
Editor's note: LeaveHomeSafe is a digital contact tracing app launched by the Hong Kong Government in response to the pandemic, for recording visit history (eg. date, time, and venue). Unlike many countries who made their app open-source and welcomed public scrutiny, Hong Kong's app is proprietary, and its privacy statement acknowledges that user records would be uploaded and stored by the government.
#LeaveHomeSafe #COVID19 #Surveillance #HomelessPeople #StreetSleepers #BigData #Privacy
Source: Stand News #Oct21
https://bit.ly/3ErUfCS
see also: HK Gov't's COVID-tracing App Keeps Visit Records For Up to 7 Years and Shares Data with Enforcement Personnel
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29224