China S Border Guards Are Installing Spyware On Tourists Phones
The malware known as BXAQ or Fengcai, is installed by security guards at the border who physically seize the phone. The software copies all the data including visitor’s text messages, calendar entries and phone logs to a Chinese server. It also scans the device for specific sets of files, including “Islamic extremist content”, as well as innocuous materials and academic books on Islam. “(This app) provides yet another source of evidence showing how pervasive mass surveillance is being carried out in Xinjiang,” said Maya Wang, China senior researcher at Human Rights Watch....