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Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars

Posted by timothy on from the it's-coming-from-inside-the-faraday-cage dept.

jjp9999 writes "Spying devices disguised as electronic border cards have been secretly installed on thousands of Hong Kong vehicles by Chinese authorities, according to a Hong Kong newspaper. A translation of the story states Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles for years, enabling a vast network of eavesdropping across the archipelago."

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  1. Re:Hey, we're learning from the market leaders! by tmach · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, the current suggestion is to put a device on your car to track the mileage so they can tax you based on how much you drive.

    http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/18/news/economy/gas_tax_drivers/?section=money_latest

  2. the source... by mathfeel · · Score: 5, Informative

    I clicked the link and was about to RTFA, then I spotted that it's from "The Epoch Time" referencing an article from "The Apple Daily". I am from HK and those are not two news sources that I trust. The first is a media front for the Fa Lun Gong, which as much as I dislike communism, I have a worse distaste for a money sucking "religious" cult. The latter is a sensationalist tabloid paper. It is famous for its yellow journalism. If you want a report on fact, that's not it.

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    The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the 'social sciences' is: some do, some don't