China Installs Malware On Tourists Phones Going Into Xinjiang
A collaborated report by Motherboard, Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR, the Guardian, and the New York Times states that the malware was supposed to be deleted after the spooking is over. But carelessness on the border guard’s part has brought this to light. The malware itself isn’t especially sophisticated either, and the border guard will order you to unlock your phone so that the malware can be installed. The Chinese authorities are using the malware to not only download your text messages, calendar entries and phone logs, but also scan devices for a wide range of content....