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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."

2 of 171 comments (clear)

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

    Nothing they do surprises me anymore.

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    Circumcision is child abuse.
  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.