Surveillance
- Apple, Apps, Google, India, Mobile phones, Privacy, Smartphones, South and Central Asia, Surveillance, Technology, Telecoms, World news
India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app
Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concernsIndia’s g…
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China’s cyber-abuse scandal: is the government unwilling to crack down on exploitation of women online?
Secretly filmed images of women are spreading online, yet the authorities seem more focused on censorship than…
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UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state
Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape …
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Top Chinese economist disappears after criticising Xi Jinping in private chat – report
Zhu Hengpeng, who worked for an influential government thinktank, has reportedly not been seen in public since…
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‘If I left, I’d have to go without a word’: how I escaped China’s mass arrests – podcast
When hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear t…
- Asia Pacific, China, Human rights, Joe Biden, Russia, Surveillance, Vladimir Putin, World news, Xi Jinping
Putin and Xi are the Laurel and Hardy of statesmen – but it’s no laughing matter | Simon Tisdall
China’s paramount leader, like his Russian counterpart, is making a fine mess of his country’s economy and wor…
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‘If I left, I’d have to go without a word’: how I escaped China’s mass arrests
When hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear t…
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Britain to remove Chinese surveillance gear from government sites
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and D…
- Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Freedom of speech, Netherlands, Protest, Surveillance, US news, World news
Explainer: China’s covert overseas ‘police stations’
Two men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operatio…
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Chinese spy balloon may have been blown off intended course – report
US officials who tracked balloon from launch on Hainan island reportedly examining possibility that unusual we…
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Chinese cameras leave British police vulnerable to spying, says watchdog
Warning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government property…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Surveillance, US foreign policy, US military, US news, US politics, World news
Tuesday briefing: Why is the US suddenly spying so many UFOs?
In today’s newsletter: The use of surveillance balloons has gone largely under the radar until several floatin…
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China ‘spy balloon’ scare wakes up the world to new era of surveillance
The ‘poor man’s satellite’ offers a relatively cheap way of exploiting a previously inaccessible high-altitude…
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Downed balloon one of a ‘fleet’ of Chinese surveillance devices, US alleges
US ‘not the only target’ of Chinese surveillance, warns US secretary of state, as FBI investigates balloon wre…
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The moment a suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down over east coast of US – video
Footage shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down over the Carolina coast. Two US fighter jets cir…