This year, we delivered 125 dispatches from 44 countries and six continents, each one offering an immersive experience of one of the world’s most noteworthy places. Here are the highlights.
Tag: Surveillance of Citizens by Government
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.
They Built a Homeland Far From China’s Grip. Now They’re Afraid.
China’s repressed Uighurs have long found sanctuary in Turkey. But as the country strengthens ties with China, the Uighurs feel their safe haven shrinking.
Toronto’s City of Tomorrow Is Scaled Back Amid Privacy Concerns
The overhaul envisioned by a sibling company of Google has been lauded for its innovations. It’s also been called a “corporate surveillance state.”
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide
New, more sophisticated attacks are targeting Uighurs’ phones — even iPhones and even abroad, security researchers say. They warn that foreigners could be next.
Hong Kong Takes Symbolic Stand Against China’s High-Tech Controls
The first major place in China to rebel against Beijing’s technologies of control is one of the last not yet fully under their thrall.
Egypt Is Using Apps to Track and Target Its Citizens, Report Says
A cybersecurity firm says evidence suggests the Egyptian government carried out cyberattacks on journalists, academics, lawyers and rights activists.
Facebook Encryption Eyed in Fight Against Online Child Sex Abuse
The debate over privacy in the digital age increasingly pits tech companies against law enforcement agencies as explicit imagery explodes.
Closing My Curtains for Xi Jinping and His Grand Parade
Beijing is banning kites and balloons as it celebrates the 70th birthday of modern China. I, too, would have to go.
Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras
Facial recognition technology is drawing scrutiny in a country more accustomed to surveillance than any other Western democracy.