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Hong Kong’s immigration authority recently announced that residents of the region will have to replace their existing identity cards with new ones from December 27. The technology used in these new “smart” cards has triggered concerns that it may be used to track and monitor citizens. The new card In the beginning, the new cards ...
Justice is hard to find in communist China’s judicial system. Although laws exist to protect citizens’ privacy and stop the use of hidden electronic devices, such as secret cameras, violations rarely lead to prosecution. There have been cases of people committing suicide due to falling victim to recordings from hidden cameras taken with pornographic intentions. ...
A social media post, “Leave Your Clothes On; Secret Camera by the Bed!”, has gone viral in China. It describes the case of Ms. Zhang Pei from Beijing, who stayed in a hotel with her boyfriend in February 2018. Hidden cameras had filmed the couple and the footage was posted onto a porn website without ...
Tech companies have recently been involved in several privacy controversies. While Facebook’s infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal hogged the headline for weeks, brands like Apple, YouTube, Spotify, etc. were accused of selectively suppressing conservative voices in a bid to impact the upcoming midterms. Google is no stranger to such controversies and has recently been charged with ...