DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Think

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Chinese Hackers Used Facebook to Hack Uighur Muslims Living Abroad

Facebook may be banned in China, but the company on Wednesday said it has disrupted a network of bad actors using its platform to target the Uyghur community and lure them into downloading malicious software that would allow surveillance of their devices. "They targeted activists, journalists and...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Livestock Comprehensive Management Information Platform of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine

The Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is responsible for the supervision and management of the animal husbandry industry, veterinary drugs and veterinary instruments industry, feed and forage industry, and livestock and poultry slaughtering...

China's Border Guards Secretly Installing Spyware App on Tourists' Phones

Chinese authorities are secretly installing surveillance apps on smartphones of foreigners at border crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, an international investigation revealed. Xinjiang XUAR is an autonomous territory and home to many Muslim ethnic...

China's Border Guards Secretly Installing Spyware App on Tourists' Phones

Chinese authorities are secretly installing surveillance apps on smartphones of foreigners at border crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from neighboring Kyrgyzstan, an international investigation revealed. Xinjiang XUAR is an autonomous territory and home to many Muslim ethnic...

Reverse Engineering a Chinese Surveillance App

Human Rights Watch has reverse engineered an app used by the Chinese police to conduct mass surveillance on Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The details are fascinating, and chilling. Boing Boing post...