Has China Wiretapped 20,000 Hong Kong Cars? | Singularity Hub: "Careful what you say when driving between Hong Kong and China, the government may be listening. The Apple Daily, a Hong Kong news source, broke a story this week that “inspection and quarantine cards” installed in dual-license plate vehicles may be secretly spying on passengers. Upon opening and examining these windshield mounted cards, Apple Daily found complex electronics that local experts attest could record and transmit audio up to 20 km (~12 miles) away. If true, the device would allow officials in neighboring Shenzhen province to listen in on passenger conversations even while cars were in parts of Hong Kong. Apple Daily estimates that 20,000 of these cards may have been installed in Hong Kong cars since 2007."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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