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China Set To Track Citizens With Micro Chip by Lindalilian: 2:27pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
INDICATIONS have emerged that
the Chinese government is
collecting data on its citizens to
an extent where their
movements can even be tracked
in real-time using their mobile
devices.
This was disclosed by a group of
researchers from Citizen Lab at
the University of Toronto’s Munk
School of Global Affairs who
specialize in studying the ways in
which information technology
affects both personal and human
rights worldwide.
The Chinese government has
been known for some time for
employing a number of invasive
tactics to be fully aware of the
lives of its citizens.
Citizen Lab affirmed that the apps
and services designed and used
by the Chinese government to
monitor its populace are run by
the private sector.
It was indicated that the
discovery was made when the
researchers began exploring
Tencent’s popular chat app
WeChat that is installed on the
devices of almost every Chinese
citizen with 800 million active
users each month.
The findings from Citizen Lab
found that not only does the app
help the government censor
chats between users but that it is
a.......
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Re: China Set To Track Citizens With Micro Chip by Afriifa(m): 2:29pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
Una don eat ant finish na.. Wetin u expect |
Re: China Set To Track Citizens With Micro Chip by Lindalilian: 3:01pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
Afriifa:lol |
Re: China Set To Track Citizens With Micro Chip by Afriifa(m): 3:08pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
Lindalilian: Lindalilian: |
Re: China Set To Track Citizens With Micro Chip by leofab(f): 9:30pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
Nice dev |
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