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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by girzel on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:53PM (#16442766)
Repression in Urumqi will likely be an order of magnitude more intense than in smaller municipalities around the province. The CCP is still working off their own revolutionary playbook from the 30s and 40s, when they effected change through organization. The "right to assemble" is one of the most feared rights in China.

Enforcing QR codes on knives is one thing. The real weapon is forbidding all social media apps except for (the thoroughly government monitored) WeChat.

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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by whooshee on Friday February 23, 2018 @01:58AM (#16444731)
People can still use other apps, though it's getting tougher, but there are still other options, and if people really care more about privacy they may get a proxy and use Telegram.
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