A demonstrator outside the Legislative Council building on June 21.Tyrone Siu / Reuters
NBC: Hong Kong protesters are in 'deep fear' about leaving a digital footprint
"Everyone is in deep fear of having their own identity exposed," one demonstrator said.
HONG KONG — College student Naida Lam didn't think much about her digital privacy until June 11.
It was the night before massive protests in Hong Kong against a law that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China.
Like many students, Lam, 20, had been using the encrypted messaging app Telegram, participating in group chats that were used to plan and coordinate ahead of the demonstration.
But that night, Hong Kong authorities arrested the administrator of one of the largest of these groups.
For Lam it was a wake-up call.
"When my friends told me that another group's administrator got arrested, immediately I feared that something will happen in the group I was in," Lam said. "I left the group and changed all my privacy settings."
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WNU Editor: If you have a cell phone you are exposed. Encryption or not.
5 comments:
The devil is behind it all fooled
Telescreens anyone? China under xi is an increasingly 1984 coming true country.
Another boost coming for the Canadian real estate market. A house on my cul de sac that sold three years ago for $255,000 is now listed at $485,000 with the big RE weekend coming up. Last July weekend a house a street over asking $370,000 went for $425,000 in three days. Nothing staying on the market more than three weeks and often they are sold before the for sale sigh goes up.
Should have known your canadian...all makes sense now weirdo
Perhaps that I mentioned I lived in Ontario several times over the past while might have clued you in Anon. But, I guess you are clueless.
Telescreens for sure, probably already here. Listening devices are already in everyone's home/office/school. 1984 has been with us for a while now. So much for warnings.
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