Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
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Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#2This bit is important: "Foreigners crossing certain Chinese borders into the Xinjiang region"...
I'm not aware of Chinese authorities getting quite that draconian (yet) at the normal border entry points in Beijing, Shanghai, etc. However, I think it's still worth following the general advice that if you have sensitive data on your devices, leave them at home and use a burner phone/laptop + restore from the cloud later.
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#3This bit is important: "Foreigners crossing certain Chinese borders into the Xinjiang region"... I'm not aware of Chinese authorities getting quite that draconian (yet) at the normal border entry points in Beijing, Shanghai, etc. However, I think it's still worth following the general advice that if you have sensitive data on your devices, leave them at home and use a burner phone/laptop + restore from the cloud late…
The same goes for a lot of EU to US travel I've been told...
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#4The title is a little misleading, as it's a region of China and not the entirety.
However, the implications are still ominous.
I'm curious, how did China develop into such a police state? Anyone able to point me to some reading on the subject?
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#5I fear backlash from this comment, but is this a case against side-loading apps?
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#6The US is forcing its tourists to give away a list of all their social media accounts and all their email accounts. If you're a foreign journalist writing pseudonymously for your safety, you must now share that information with the US government to enter the country. This isn't quite on the level of forcing people to install malware on their phone yet, but give it a couple years.
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#7The US is forcing its tourists to give away a list of all their social media accounts and all their email accounts. If you're a foreign journalist writing pseudonymously for your safety, you must now share that information with the US government to enter the country. This isn't quite on the level of forcing people to install malware on their phone yet, but give it a couple years.
How is this enforcable? ...or is it just the accounts that you will be using while in the US? Technically this seems difficult to enforce.
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Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#9Here's the original article from Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German):
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/china-app-ueberwachung-t...
Re: Chinese authorities install app on phones of people entering Xinjiang
#10The US is forcing its tourists to give away a list of all their social media accounts and all their email accounts. If you're a foreign journalist writing pseudonymously for your safety, you must now share that information with the US government to enter the country. This isn't quite on the level of forcing people to install malware on their phone yet, but give it a couple years.
How is this enforcable? ...or is it just the accounts that you will be using while in the US? Technically this seems difficult to enforce.
You can potentially be permanently banned from entering the US if you lie or omit information.