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China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement (english.kyodonews.net)

- China implemented new regulations on Monday under its toughened counterespionage law, which enables authorities to inspect smartphones, personal computers and other electronic devices, raising fears among expatriates and foreign businesspeople about possible arbitrary enforcement....

Cyberjin ,

counterespionage law already pushed a lot business and investment away from China.

Not to mention a lot of stabbing targeting foreigners by nationalist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/japanese-mother-child-attacked-with-knife-in-city-near-shanghai

I don't understand who be interested going to China anymore

Cyberjin ,

Becoming like North Korea day by day

Cyberjin ,

Doesn't matter when occurred in the past. You can be target if you have posted or done something that CCP didn't approve of. What's happening in Hong Kong with the "national security law".

Cyberjin ,

Americans probably don't want to buy those Chinese EVs that poorly made and dangerous

https://youtu.be/8HpkDUWAKFM

Cyberjin ,
  • Closed ecosystem ( like side loading apps, hardware locked/issues, privacy settings like VPN, browser etc are limited).

Very Pro China, gives away people's privacy in China and are pro censorship, so they don't lose their precious supplier.

Just gonna add a few here, that's related to privacy & censorship

Apple removes Hong Kong protest app, Quartz news app following Chinese criticism
https://www.techspot.com/news/82284-apple-removes-hong-kong-protest-app-quartz-news.html

Apple’s Compromises in China: 5 Takeaways
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-privacy-censorship.html

Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/apple-limited-a-crucial-airdrop-function-in-china-just-weeks-before-protests.html

Apple has stored the data of thousands of customers on Chinese servers and censored apps
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-data-china-censors-apps-nyt-2021-5?op=1

Apple made secret 5-year $275B deal with Chinese government
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/07/apple-made-secret-5-year-275b-deal-with-chinese-government

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/apple-whatsapp-china-app-store.html

Cyberjin ,

Algorithm "okay kids remember, America bad and China number 1"

Apple Removes WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal from China App Store, says it complied with orders from the Chinese government (arstechnica.com)

Apple said it complied with orders from the Chinese government to remove the Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China. Apple also removed Telegram and Signal from China....

Cyberjin ,

While also having TikTok banned in China 😂

Cyberjin , (edited )

Nice, more free stuff included in my subscription

Cyberjin ,

I think of it as I bought something and they gave me something extra on the house.

Potato tomato as they say

Cyberjin ,

Pretty sure corruption isn't using wire transfer 🫢
Comes in physical form that can't be tracked

How Quora Died (slate.com)

“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most...

Cyberjin ,

Never used it, noticed it was infected with Chinese and Russian propaganda.

'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)

'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers...

Cyberjin ,

Does an "open-source printer" exist?

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    Cyberjin ,

    I use Garmin Pay on my watch, doesn't require internet to work at stores

    Cyberjin ,

    Not if you use offline

    Alternatively you can take off the chip from the card and glue to your phone 😏

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