With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong (Published 2020)
Under a new national security law, the police are targeting the social media accounts of executives, politicians and activists. American internet giants are struggling to respond.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/technology/hong-kong-national-security-law.html
When officers swarmed him at a Hong Kong shopping mall last month, they pulled him into a stairwell and pinned his head in front of his phone — an attempt to trigger the facial recognition system. Later, at his home, officers forced his finger onto a separate phone. Then they demanded passwords.