With facial recognition and other high-tech equipment monitoring their every move, ordinary people are starting to feel that they live in a prisonlike reality

Residents in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang have been living under the CCP’s “digital despotism” for quite some time, as everything they do is captured by countless surveillance cameras, and they need to scan their faces or IDs to enter places of worship or even their homes.

As the Xinjiang-style surveillance is spreading rapidly across other regions of China, now also targeting the Han population, the whole country will likely soon be turned into a giant prison.

In June, the Public Security Bureau of a locality in the southeastern province of Jiangxi installed 195 surveillance cameras in a residential compound under its jurisdiction.

People cannot enter unless they scan their face and ID card. If someone scans their face while wearing glasses or a face mask, they are denied entrance... If ID information and facial recognition don’t match, the machine sends data to the police. If persons “blacklisted” by the state scan their faces or ID cards, the Public Security Bureau is automatically notified, and the police automatically arrive to arrest them.

Facial images and ID information remain in the system after the first scan, and people continue to be surveilled no matter where they go.

“I am monitored every day when I scan my face leaving and returning home. I always feel as if a person is watching me. It’s very stifling,” said a woman who lives in the residential complex.

It is not only residents who have to scan their faces, but their guests also have to go through the same procedure, the system linking their information with the resident whom they visit.

“This is a serious human rights violation! By installing these high-tech facial recognition systems, the CCP is tying a rope around our necks and controlling us like we’re animals. This is so evil and so ridiculous!”

It is expected that facial recognition systems will be fully operational in 59 public housing projects run by the Beijing Municipal Guaranteed Housing Center until the end of October, adding information on more people to the database.

The mass surveillance is especially detrimental to dissidents, religious group members, and others who have been blacklisted by the government, because information about them may help authorities to persecute and arrest them.
Since most house churches have set up meeting venues in rental houses or the homes of Christians, under high-tech surveillance, it has become even more difficult and dangerous for them to assemble.

“If we want to enter a residential area to attend a gathering or visit fellow believers, we are often questioned about whom we’re visiting, how long we’re staying, and what we’re doing. Security guards will possess all this information, and as soon as one of us is arrested, they will know who has visited him or her and with whom he or she held gatherings together,” said a house church Christian, adding that he feels suffocated by the increasingly tight surveillance.

Source: https://bitterwinter.org/china-is-suffocating-citizens-with-increasing-surveillance/?fbclid=IwAR3V9S9T6YeEaXj3TeMJEH7p7seLcMhpZp5Sv7Ot4RYhpAhCOOhfIDezGlI

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You would have thought the US Government would be moving fast to kick Chinese surveillance tech out of the country.
But despite a legally mandated ban signed off on a year ago, the Trump administration hasn't been able to clean networks of prohibited Chinese cameras keeping watch over U.S.

They include telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE, as well as surveillance camera makers Dahua and Hikvision.
The Trump administration is finding it tricky to root out and remove Chinese surveillance tech.

According to data from Forescout, which has been able to find banned devices via its government customers, there are at least 2,061 Dahua and Hikvision systems on U.S.

“These are inexpensive products, which is why they’re usually purchased, and the underlying software and hardware between Chinese vendors is very similar or sometimes even identical,” Matherly says.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/08/21/2000-banned-chinese-surveillance-cameras-keep-watch-over-us-government-sites/amp/

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#Huawei

Daily life in Xinjiang

Facial recognition system are used in order for residents to gain entry into residential complex. This what Hong Kongers fear, that Hong Kong would become Xinjiang 2.0.

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#BigBrotherChina

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China's Global influence: #Australia

Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament and three largest political parties before the general election in May, five people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Australia’s cyber intelligence agency - the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) - concluded in March that China’s Ministry of State Security was responsible for the attack. The report, which also included input from the Department of Foreign Affairs, recommended keeping the findings secret in order to avoid disrupting trade relations with Beijing, two of the people said.

Australia in February revealed hackers had breached the network of the Australian national parliament. Morrison said at the time that the attack was “sophisticated” and probably carried out by a foreign government. He did not name any government suspected of being involved.  

When the hack was discovered, Australian lawmakers and their staff were told by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate to urgently change their passwords, according to a parliamentary statement at the time.

The attackers used sophisticated techniques to try to conceal their access and their identity, one of the people said, without providing details.

Australia has in recent years intensified efforts to address China’s growing influence in Australia, policies that have seen trade with China suffer. 

For instance, in 2017, Canberra banned political donations from overseas and required lobbyists to register any links to foreign governments. A year later, the ASD led Australia’s risk assessment of new 5G technology, which prompted Canberra to effectively ban Chinese telecoms firm Huawei from its nascent 5G network.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-australia-concluded-china-was-behind-hack-on-parliament-political-parties-sources-idUSKBN1W00VF?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

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Starting December 1st, China’s new MLPS 2.0 cybersecurity laws will require a submission of facial scan to receive internet access.

(14 Oct) China will implement its new MLPS (Multi-level Protection of Information Security) 2.0 cybersecurity laws on December 1st, 2019. This new rule means every new mobile number and internet user will be associated with a facial scan, and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security can browse all data on Chinese networks, including foreign owned businesses, through the use of big data techniques. China is attempting to destroy anonymity on the Internet.

China has been increasingly using facial recognition technology as a surveillance tool and to silence opposition, such as spotting criminals in the crowd and evaluating how attentive students are in classroom. It is associated with the social credit system, which China is putting the surveillance in a new height. Recent laws in Hong Kong to ban the use of face masks also showcase the prevalence of such facial recognition technology in the ongoing privacy battleground. The extension of China’s internet rules and preferences on previously free internet space is worrying.
Summary: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/10/starting-december-1st-chinas-new-mlps-2-0-cybersecurity-laws-will-require-submission-of-a-facial-scan-to-receive-internet-access/

Takungpao Blamed the Electoral Commission Returning Officer for Confirming Eddie Chu's Candidacy

On November 1, Takungpao’s editorial said either “Liberate Hong Kong; the Revolution of our Times” or self-determination are the same which seek independence of Hong Kong. They said there are nominees which support independence of Hong Kong and became the candidate of 6th District Council election. They urged Hong Kong government to reconfirm the eligibility for candidature of the nominees to ensure all candidates uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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#OneCountryTwoSystems
#WhiteTerror #HongKongProtests

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https://telegra.ph/Takungpao-Blamed-the-Electoral-Commission-Returning-Officer-for-Confirming-Eddie-Chus-Candidacy-11-01

New Cybersecurity Law in Macau; Citizens require to register personal identities on SIM card

The Macau Cybersecurity Law ("MCSL") is enacted shortly after its 20th Anniversary. On the same day (22-Dec), the government’s Cybersecurity Commission and Cybersecurity Incidents Alert and Response Centre, have started their operations to give 24/7 surveillance and protection to the critical infrastructures. The commission and response center is coordinated by the Judiciary Police.

Starting from 22nd Dec, public and private critical infrastructure operators of different industries will have to meet obligations that aim to protect the information network and computer systems of critical infrastructure.

According to the Cybersecurity Law, “critical infrastructures” refers to the assets, information networks and computer systems essential to the normal functioning of civil society and whose disruption, destruction, data leakage, suspension of operation or significant decrease in operational performance is likely to cause serious harm to public wellbeing, public safety, public order, or other important matter of public interest, such as different government departments, broadcasting and telecommunications.

The Law also requires citizens to register their personal details on the prepaid SIM card before 20th April 2020; otherwise, the service will be terminated. That means all mobile services must be registered with true personal identities.

#Cybersecurity #Surveillance #Macau

Source: Deloitte China, Stand News

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Chinese New Cybersecurity Law was enacted in 1st Dec, Read:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/8506