The Chinese government has ramped up personal surveillance in Xinjiang over recent years. Photo: AFP
SCMP: China data leak exposes vast hi-tech surveillance operation in Xinjiang
* Dutch researcher says tracking firm left database of personal details unprotected for months
A Chinese surveillance firm is tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in the far-western Xinjiang region, according to a data leak flagged by a Dutch internet expert.
An online database containing names, ID card numbers, birth dates and location data was left unprotected for months by Shenzhen-based facial-recognition technology firm SenseNets Technology, according to Victor Gevers, co-founder of non-profit organisation GDI.Foundation, who first noted the vulnerability in a series of social media posts last week.
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WNU Editor: Here is a good article on how extensive China's surveillance operation is throughout the country .... Leave no dark corner (ABC News Online).
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