China surveillance firm tracking millions in Xinjiang: researcher

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 17, 2019 / 6:45 AM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

China surveillance firm tracking millions in Xinjiang: researcher

Cate Cadell, Philip Wen
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BEIJING (Reuters) - 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 company SenseNets Technology Ltd, according to Victor Gevers, co-founder of non-profit organization GDI.Foundation, who first noted the vulnerability in a series of social media posts last week.

Exposed data also showed about 6.7 million location data points linked to the people which were gathered within 24 hours, tagged with descriptions such as “mosque”, “hotel,” “internet cafe” and other places where surveillance cameras were likely to be found.

“It was fully open and anyone without authentication had full administrative rights. You could go in the database and create, read, update and delete anything,” said Gevers.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-cyber/china-surveillance-firm-tracking-millions-in-xinjiang-researcher-idUSKCN1Q60CG

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. today in China,people are giving "scores" on their behavior.

So many points for education, work history, etc. Better points get better perks, including jobs, housing, etc.
Their universal ID has to be shown for everything...bus rides, services, etc.
And now movements are tracked by cameras....

We are not that far away from the totality of that tracking.