Chinese border police are reportedly installing surveillance applications on the phones of visitors and downloading personal information as part of the government’s scrutiny of the Xinjiang region.
Analysis by the Guardian, academics and cybersecurity experts suggests the app, designed by a Chinese company, searches Android phones against a list of content authorities view as problematic.
Privacy International group member Edin Omanović says the findings are “highly alarming in a country where downloading the wrong app or news article could land you in a detention camp.”