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FCCC survey: reporting conditions in China have improved since the pandemic, but foreign journalists still face visa problems, surveillance, and harassment (Voice of America)
https://www.voanews.com/a/covering-china-brings-surveill…

Covering China brings surveillance, harassment, report finds
Foreign Correspondents Club of China finds journalists able to travel more since pandemic, but visa issues and obstruction restrict coverage

#Indonesia is getting spyware from #Israel (and elsewhere). Is this why the government has been fairly quiet on #Gaza?

Global: A Web of Surveillance - Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia
Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia Global: A Web of Surveillance - Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia Global: A Web of Surveillance - Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia Global: A Web of Surveillance - Unravelling a murky network of spyware exports to Indonesia

https://blog.torproject.org/surveillance-as-a-service-global-impact-of-israeli-defense-technologies-on-privacy-human-rights/

Surveillance as a Service: The Global Impact of Israeli “Defense” Technologies on Privacy and Human Rights | Tor Project
There is a growing need for a global stance against the use of technology for oppression. This post delves into the impact of Israeli surveillance technologies in Palestine and how localized instances of its use contribute to widespread acceptance and global adoption of such oppressive practices.

A profile of Chinese private hacking contractor I-Soon, as leaked documents show shady business practices, worker disgruntlement, poor security protocols, more (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/chinese-hack…

Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex
China’s hacking industry, leaked internal documents reveal, is vast in size and scope but also suffers from shady business practices, disgruntlement over pay and work quality, and poor security protocols. China’s state security agencies have contracted large amounts of hacking and espionage work to private contractors to slash costs and expand their reach, allowing Beijing to direct a huge number of hackers to infiltrate systems overseas. But leaked documents from one contractor, I-Soon, sh…

Espionage Exposed: Russian Diplomatic Mission's Secret Surveillance Revealed: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/09/espionage-exposed-russian.html

🪩 Ithaca inked a deal to install traffic surveillance system from a company with recent spate of permit violations
https://ithacavoice.org/2024/03/ithaca-inked-a-deal-to-install-traff…

Ithaca inked a deal to install traffic surveillance system from a company with recent spate of permit violations
ITHACA, N.Y. — As the City of Ithaca plans to install an AI-powered surveillance camera system, the company that makes them recently made national headlines for a series of failures […]

Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
JARVIK: Servalan, forget your computers. Please! Believe your eyes. Just for once.
SERVALAN: Zen, are there any Federation space craft in teleport range?
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/305/621 📺 B7B2

The W3C – the standards body of surveillance capitalism – on privacy.
If you had any “privacy principles” to speak of, what would Adobe, Alibaba, Amazon, Baidu, Bloomberg, Google, Huawei, IAB, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Samsung, Bilibili, SoftBank, Tencent, Yahoo!, Zoom, etc., be doing on your members list?
#privacyWashing