For many Westerners, China is a country associated with widespread surveillance, stringent censorship, and human rights abuses in regions such as Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Despite that, the Chinese government is well aware that the country’s billion Internet users care deeply about personal privacy, and has been steadily introducing surprisingly strong data protection laws to … Continue reading “Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of Hardware, Sets a Global Standard with China’s Toughest Local Privacy Law”
Privacy News Online Weekly Recap videos will be back in a few weeks. We are taking a short break, then we will be back with some new segments featuring some top names in the privacy community! You can still keep up with the latest privacy news from around the world right here on the Privacy … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 24, 2020”
The United Kingdom (UK) is banning telecommunications companies from using Huawei 5G equipment. Following sanctions put on Huawei by the United States, United Kingdom Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the press on Tuesday that the UK will forbid mobile providers from buying Huawei 5G kits and must retire already bought hardware by 2027. Huawei hardware … Continue reading “Huawei 5G banned in the United Kingdom; must be removed by 2027”
The Chinese government and the Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei under its control are proposing a “New IP” addressing system for the internet to replace TCP/IP. The New IP system includes top-down checks and balances and such features as a “shut up command” that would allow a central controller to stop packets from being … Continue reading “China’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command” for censorship”
Chinese Megacorp Huawei has been in the news over the last few months because companies and entire nations have been banning their equipment over spying concerns. There has been little public evidence of such spying taking place on a large scale, but the action of multiple countries within the fourteen eyes surveillance alliance suggests that … Continue reading “Huawei Could Rebuild Trust in Their Products Through Open Source”
Welcome to the Online Privacy News Update for March 28th, 2018. Today, the VPN industry let the world know that Russia had asked the world’s VPNs to censor websites. Read below for other privacy news from today. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-4g-lte-vulnerabilities-allow-attackers-to-view-and-manipulate-traffic-to-your-smartphone/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/russias-roskomnadzor-orders-vpns-to-censor-banned-sites/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/us-government-proves-again-that-it-has-no-problem-spying-on-american-citizens/ UK report blasts Huawei for network security incompetence UK’s National Security Advisor received a report … Continue reading “Privacy News Daily | March 28, 2019”