The surveillance concerns around China’s Winter Olympics app – explained
by Johana Bhuiyan from Technology | The Guardian on (#5VBMB)
A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes' health and travel data has a devastating' encryption flaw
With the Beijing Olympics just weeks away, concerns are mounting over a mandatory health app for competing athletes, after a new report revealed the app contains security flaws and a list of politically sensitive" words that have been marked for censorship.
The report, published by University of Toronto's research and strategic policy unit Citizen Lab, found that the My2022 app, which will be used to monitor athletes' health and travel data, has a devastating" encryption flaw that leaves users' files and media vulnerable.
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