The South China Morning Post recently reported that security and data privacy concerns is presenting a big obstacle to tech collaborations between Hong Kong and mainland China. Schubert Lou, chief global information officer of China’s biggest online travel agency, recently weighed in on the issue and...
China is reportedly extending its "social credit" scheme where reputations of individuals, businesses, and even government officials can be given a score that can either give them rewards or penalties. The program had been compared to a Black Mirror episode where the protagonist was unable...
French newspaper Le Monde recently investigated rumors that China had been spying on the African Union using computers in the new building which it had built as a gesture of cordial partnership to the coalition. Le Monde reported that the building had been turned over...
Earlier this week, several users reported receiving an email from Apple notifying them that their data will be moved to servers in China, which raised some confusion and privacy concerns. Apple quickly owned up to the mistake and clarified that only the data of users living...
A Chinese man named Wu Xiangyang was recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for running a VPN service without a permit. Wu was also fined a total of $75,000 for running the service from 2013 to this year where he made $120,000. China has...
Chinese authorities recently demonstrated the power and effectiveness of their surveillance network when it captured BBC reporter John Sudworth in a recent stunt setup operation in Guiyang, China. It took police just 7 minutes to “apprehend” Sudworth after the reporter’s face was seen on CCTV cameras...
Las Vegas, Nevada — Last Wedneday, Kryptowire security researchers disclosed that Shanghai Adups Technology phones are covertly sending device data to its mother company's server in China. Adups was previously caught sending user data without consent last November 2016. But this time, Kryptowire confirms they...