Huawei Personnel Worked With China Military on Research Projects - Bloomberg
indicating closer ties to the country’s military than previously acknowledged by the smartphone and networking powerhouse.
Kina
China social media: WeChat and the Surveillance State - BBC News
Huawei’s lock screen ads were a mistake, but may be a sign of things to come - Digital Trends
As the Tiananmen anniversary nears, censorship by Chinese internet companies has ramped up and is largely automated with AI and voice and image recognition tech - Reuters
China: How Mass Surveillance Works in Xinjiang - Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/05/02/china-how-mass-surveillance-works-xinjiang
Reverse Engineering’ Police App Reveals Profiling and Monitoring Strategies
One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority - NYTimes
It is the first known example of a government intentionally using artificial intelligence for racial profiling, experts said.
potentially ushering in a new era of automated racism.
How China Turned a City Into a Prison - The New York Times
Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane / Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2019/03/31/mote-in-cars-eye.html
Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote control over the steering, and an adversarial example attack on the autopilot that confuses the car into driving into the oncoming traffic lane.
The researchers used an attack chain that they disclosed to Tesla, and which Tesla now claims has been eliminated with recent patches.
Huawei Security ‘Defects’ Are Found by British Authorities - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/technology/huawei-security-british-report.html
A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company’s telecommunications equipment
Norske telefoner sendte personopplysninger til Kina - NRKBeta
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/21/norske-telefoner-sendte-personopplysninger-til-kina/ Nokia 7 Plus
Hver gang telefonen ble slått på, skjermen aktivert eller låst opp, gikk hans geografiske posisjon, samt SIM-kortnummer og telefonens serienummer til en server i Kina.