Inside China's Massive Surveillance Operation

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https://www.wired.com/story/inside-chinas-massive-surveillance-operation/

Inside China's Massive Surveillance Operation

t was 2011, and she was living in Hotan, an oasis town in Xinjiang, in northwest China. The 30-year-old, Nurjamal Atawula, loved to take pictures of her children and exchange strings of emoji with her husband while he was out. In 2013, Atawula downloaded WeChat, the Chinese social messaging app. Not long after, rumors circulated among her friends: The government could track your location through your phone. At first, she didn’t believe them.

In early 2016, police started making routine checks on Atawula’s home. Her husband was regularly called to the police station. The police informed him they were suspicious of his WeChat activity. Atawula’s children began to cower in fear at the sight of a police officer.

The harassment and fear finally reached the point that the family decided to move to Turkey. Atawula’s husband, worried that Atawula would be arrested, sent her ahead while he stayed in Xinjiang and waited for the children’s passports.

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[itareanlnotani]

The government could track your location through your phone.

True of any government anywhere, hence the push to know who own's a phone here (FICA). Its not for your own good at all..

 

[Solarion]

True of any government anywhere, hence the push to know who own's a phone here (FICA). Its not for your own good at all..

This technology can be to your benefit too. If there was an intruder in your home/a murder/robbery etc and the perp just happened to be carrying a cell phone, that phone can be traced via triangulation to within a few meters and already they have a suspect. Even if the phone is turned off.

 

[Solarion]

All these sidetracking articles about Huawei and the Chinese when the real big brother was installed willingly by you and with full consent.

 

[The_Mowgs]

True of any government anywhere, hence the push to know who own's a phone here (FICA). Its not for your own good at all..

RICA

 

[itareanlnotani]

This technology can be to your benefit too. If there was an intruder in your home/a murder/robbery etc and the perp just happened to be carrying a cell phone, that phone can be traced via triangulation to within a few meters and already they have a suspect. Even if the phone is turned off.

No. If your phone is turned off, its not transmitting, so wouldn't be trackable.

 

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True of any government anywhere, hence the push to know who own's a phone here (FICA). Its not for your own good at all..

The thing with RICA and FICA is the real implementation. It creates accountability. The problem is the people that access that and for which reasons.

Daily RICA and FICA actually does protect us to a small extent. It assures accountability if implemented correctly - to protect. But the usage thereof and enforcement could be better, yet fails due laws not being enforced and corruption.

Then comes the other side. If our governmental masters decides to criminalize the word Monday (stupid example - substitute your poison here), then suddenly RICA and FICA can be abused to imprison anybody saying Monday.

We need mechanisms like RICA and FICA, the masters are the problem.