Thursday, April 12, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Facial recognition tech catches fugitive among huge crowd at pop concert in China
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2141387/facial-recognition-tech-catches-fugitive-among-huge-crowd-pop

Related:
一网上逃犯到南昌听张学友演唱会,被人像识别系统认出后落网 (Police arrests fugitive through facial recognition at concert filled with 10,000 spectators)
Jxnews.com.cn, April 10, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2068715

Report: Uyghurs in china forced to install surveillance app that leaves their data unsecured
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/report-uyghurs-in-china-forced-to-install-surveillance-app-that-leaves-their-data-unsecured-04102018164341.html

Related:
App targeting Uyghur population censors content, lacks basic security
Open Technology Fund, April 9, 2018
https://www.opentech.fund/article/app-targeting-uyghur-population-censors-content-lacks-basic-security/