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"They Still Found Me": How China's Surveillance State Tracked Down Anti-Lockdown Protestors

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Charles Rollet
Jan 05, 2023

*** ********** **** ************* * ******** ************ *** *** ****** *** ******** up ********** ******** *****'* ****-****************: "*******, ********, ********: *** ***** ********* anti-Covid ********.

*** **** *********** * **** ******/********* who **** *** *** ** **** how ****** ******* *** **** ***** from ******** *** ********** ** *** protest:

*** *** * ****** **** ** a ******* **** *** ********* ****** in ******* ******* *** ****** **** an **** **** ***** ******** **. 28 *** **** * *** *******, steering **** **** ***** ******* ** their ********** *** ******** ****** ************ with ******. "* ****** ****** ** the ****** ***** ********, * **** how ***** ****** *** ** **** by ******," *** ****. "They ***** ***** **. *’* ***** ********* *** **** ** ********." [...] She was summoned to a police station in northern Beijing, where her phone was confiscated and she underwent a series of interrogations over roughly 9 hours [emphasis added]

******, * "******* ******" *** *** police ***** *** ********** ** *** cellphone ******** ********:

"[*** ******] **** ** **** **** some ****** **********, ******* **********, *** they ****collected * **** **** ** ***** ******* of all the people involved in the incident," said one lawyer with direct knowledge of protester cases. [emphasis added]

*** **** ******'* **** ******** ** police ***** ***** ************ ** ***** down **********, *** ***** ****** **** "blanketed" *** ****** **** ************ ******* under *** ***** **** *******, ********* live ****** *********** *** ****** *********:

** *******’* ******** ********, ***** *** and ***** ********** ******** ** *** Liangmahe ******, * **** ****** ********** document ********* "***% [************] ********,"using **** **** **,*** ******** ******* The purchase order notesfacial *********** ******* in the system must be able to immediately log a pedestrian’s "name, former name, organization, gender, age, ethnicity, including whether **** *** ****** ** ***, and birth date," [...] The cameras must also be able to carry out identification on people wearing masks or sunglasses. [emphasis added]

*** **** **** ***** "******" ** unnamed *** ****** *********** ********* "*** phone-scanning **********" ** ****** ***** ***** protests **** **** ***** ****** **** from ******** ***-**-***-**** ********** ****.

**** *** ********** ******* *** *** surveillance *******/********* **** *** ****** **** protestors, *******, *** ******, *******:

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UI
Undisclosed Integrator #1
Jan 06, 2023

*** *** ** ****** *** ***** you *** ** **** **** **** phone ***** ********** **** **** ** offense (**** ** **'* ********* **** shouldn't ** ** *******...), *************** *** ***** ** **** ****** in ****** ***** *** *** ******** with ****** ********.

**** *****: ***** ***** *** ** tracked, ***** ** ***, *** **** easily. ** *** **** ****** ** ********* * **** ****** ************* ** such **********, *** ***** *** ********* other ******* ********* ** **** ****** being ******* *** ******* ************ ** locating *******.

** *** *** ***** ** ** something *** ***'* **** ** *** caught ***, ***** **** **** ***** at ****.

JH
John Honovich
Jan 06, 2023
IPVM

******* ** ***** ********:

*** ****** **** **** ** ****** cellphone ***** ******* ******* **** ** the ***** ** *** ********, **. Kohberger’s ***** *** ******* ********** ** cell ****** ********* **** *** ********* in ******* ** *:** *.*. ****** reconnecting ********* ***** ** ****** ** 4:48 *.*. — ********** **** *** phone *** ****** ******** *** ** a ******** **** ** **** ****** off.

*** *********** ******* ** ******* *** or ***** *********** *** ***** **** phones ** **** ****. ** *** case *****, *** ****** *** ** specifically ****** ***** ******* ***** *** fact *** ** *** ************* ***** have ****-**** ********* ******** ****, ***'* know ***** **** ******** **.

UI
Undisclosed Integrator #1
Jan 09, 2023

*** *********** ******* ** ******* *** or ***** *********** *** ***** **** phones ** **** ****.

* ******* ** *** *** ************ "of ********" ** ** ************, **** will **** *** ********** ** ** it **** ****. ******** **** ********* in ********* **** ****** ******* ** human ****** **** ***, ******, ***.

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Undisclosed #2
Jan 06, 2023

*** **** ***** **** *** ****** in *** ****** **** ***** ** cell ***** **********.

****, ***** '****' **** *** ****** was ** *** ******** ** *** event, **** *** *** ******** ****** footage ** **** *** *** ******** that ******** ******.

** *** * **** *************, * bet '****' *** **** ************ ****** stills.

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