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Hong Kong's protesters find ways to outwit the surveillance state
HONG KONG - The moment the 25-year-old protester got home from demonstrations that turned violent - tear gas still stinging her eyes - she knew what she had to do: delete all of her Chinese phone apps.
WeChat was gone. So was Alipay and the shopping app Taobao. She then installed a virtual private network on her smartphone to use with the secure messaging app Telegram in an attempt to stay hidden from cyber-monitors.
"I'm just doing anything" to stay ahead of police surveillance and hide her identity, said the protester.
Hong Kong's protesters find ways to outwit the surveillance state
HONG KONG - The moment the 25-year-old protester got home from demonstrations that turned violent - tear gas still stinging her eyes - she knew what she had to do: delete all of her Chinese phone apps.
WeChat was gone. So was Alipay and the shopping app Taobao. She then installed a virtual private network on her smartphone to use with the secure messaging app Telegram in an attempt to stay hidden from cyber-monitors.
"I'm just doing anything" to stay ahead of police surveillance and hide her identity, said the protester.
Hong Kong's protesters find ways to outwit the surveillance state
