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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. It's China... by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nothing they do surprises me anymore.

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  2. maybe, maybe not. by mark_elf · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We have a couple of experts saying it certainly could be a bug. But nobody said they found the freq it was transmitting on and got feedback from it. Kinda flimsy evidence so far.

  3. Re:Hey, we're learning from the market leaders! by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...so they can tax you based on how much you drive.

    Which is blatant BS (on their part, not yours), since if they only cared how much you drive (rather than where and when), then all they'd have to do is check the fucking odometer!

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