Re:Why Hong Kong protesters didn't use their own metro cards
by helloviper on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:44PM
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There are several factors.
- They mainly fear prosecution after the protests and the travel card as a evidence of their presence. Cell tower triangulation fair worse in court.
- Many people are also using burner cards which are easy to purchase in Hong Kong.
- The protest was decentralized and was mainly organized with internet forums and instant messaging software. Not using a travel card is only a mild inconvenience.
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Re:Why Hong Kong protesters didn't use their own metro cards
by inferiorhuman on Monday June 24, 2019 @12:46AM
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Burner SIMs or burner phones + SIMs? As long a the government can link the IMEI to a person there's not much anonymity bought with a burner SIM. Using a burner transit card isn't nothing, but there's pretty good surveillance infrastructure in place already (e.g. the hospitals).