- Comments are for a European Commission risk assessment evaluation spurred by rising concern about potential 5G data breaches
- European source says Berlin is obviously referring to China and Huawei, given the company is ‘the biggest concern for Europe’
Public Wi-fi users at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Nora Tam
Hongkongers have false sense of network security with public Wi-fi hotspots, global survey finds
Nearly 90 per cent of local respondents had used public Wi-fi to perform tasks that posed security risks
Topic | Cybersecurity
Public Wi-fi users at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Nora Tam
A cybersecurity awareness campaign in China has prompted a warning about criminals harvesting fingerprint information from a popular pose in pictures uploaded to the internet. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s scissor-hand selfie-takers warned of cybersecurity threat
- Powerful zoom functions can reveal fingerprint details which may be copied by criminals
Topic | China Society
A cybersecurity awareness campaign in China has prompted a warning about criminals harvesting fingerprint information from a popular pose in pictures uploaded to the internet. Photo: Shutterstock
Qihoo 360 Technology had more than 460 million monthly active users of its online mobile security service in mainland China as of December 31 last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
China’s 5G, industrial internet roll-outs to fuel more demand for cybersecurity
- Adoption of advanced technologies will inevitably result in bugs and security gaps, Qihoo 360 chief says
Topic | Cybersecurity
Qihoo 360 Technology had more than 460 million monthly active users of its online mobile security service in mainland China as of December 31 last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Wang Yingwei is the new director of China’s Cybersecurity Bureau. Photo: ifeng
Big data expert takes over as China’s new cybersecurity chief
- One of Wang Yingwei’s priorities will be overseeing the coming roll-out of a new regulatory regime
Topic | Cybersecurity
Wang Yingwei is the new director of China’s Cybersecurity Bureau. Photo: ifeng
Wendell Brown hugs relatives after his arrival at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Photo: AP
After three years in China prison for bar fight, US college football player Wendell Brown goes home
- The former schoolteacher spent time in a Chongqing jail for controversial bar fight that took place on September 24, 2016
Topic | Foreigners in China
Wendell Brown hugs relatives after his arrival at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Photo: AP
The online portal to register companies was down from 7am to about 12.30pm on Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong Companies Registry website falls victim to glitch as ‘hardware problem’ brings down electronic registration service
- The e-Registry, a 24-hour portal that accepts applications for registration of businesses, was down from 7am to around 12.30pm on Thursday
- It comes a week after HKEX had to suspend derivatives trading because of a software issue
Topic | Cybersecurity
The online portal to register companies was down from 7am to about 12.30pm on Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Is the Google Nest Hub Max a clever, convenient assistant or a breach of your privacy?
- Google has updated its AI smart speaker, but its new face-tracking technology will be seen by many as too intrusive
- Its wide-angle lens scans the room for your face and tracks your hand movements; living with it embodied the cognitive dissonance of being a gadget guy in 2019
Topic | Google
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Former US intelligence contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Photo: AFP
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden tells life story and why he leaked in new memoir
- Snowden’s book tells how he came to reveal secret details about the US government’s collection of emails, phone calls and internet activity in the name of national security
- The former NSA and CIA contractor now lives in Russia, to avoid prosecution in the US
Topic | Edward Snowden
Former US intelligence contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Photo: AFP
Riot police preparing for action in Tung Chung earlier this month with the city in the grip of anti-government protests. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong protests: senior police officer Alan Lau calls on colleagues to rise above ‘rogue cop’ framing to restore order, help defeat hatred
- Force smeared in ‘biggest conspiracy in the world’ that fans flames of hate against city officers, says Lau
- Veteran officer who led police operations during Occupy Central says law and force alone cannot restore order
Topic | Hong Kong extradition law
Riot police preparing for action in Tung Chung earlier this month with the city in the grip of anti-government protests. Photo: Felix Wong
Police officers pull out their guns after a confrontation with demonstrators during a protest in Hong Kong, in August. Photo: AP
Hong Kong police may have to open fire if protesters attempt to snatch guns, warns head of officers’ association
- Remark comes from chairman of Junior Police Officers’ Association who calls it ‘only and necessary decision’
- Lam Chi-wai had earlier warned that police could turn to live ammunition if threatened with petrol bombs
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Police officers pull out their guns after a confrontation with demonstrators during a protest in Hong Kong, in August. Photo: AP
A cybersecurity awareness campaign in China has prompted a warning about criminals harvesting fingerprint information from a popular pose in pictures uploaded to the internet. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s scissor-hand selfie-takers warned of cybersecurity threat
- Powerful zoom functions can reveal fingerprint details which may be copied by criminals
Topic | China Society
A cybersecurity awareness campaign in China has prompted a warning about criminals harvesting fingerprint information from a popular pose in pictures uploaded to the internet. Photo: Shutterstock
Qihoo 360 Technology had more than 460 million monthly active users of its online mobile security service in mainland China as of December 31 last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
China’s 5G, industrial internet roll-outs to fuel more demand for cybersecurity
- Adoption of advanced technologies will inevitably result in bugs and security gaps, Qihoo 360 chief says
Topic | Cybersecurity
Qihoo 360 Technology had more than 460 million monthly active users of its online mobile security service in mainland China as of December 31 last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Wang Yingwei is the new director of China’s Cybersecurity Bureau. Photo: ifeng
Big data expert takes over as China’s new cybersecurity chief
- One of Wang Yingwei’s priorities will be overseeing the coming roll-out of a new regulatory regime
Topic | Cybersecurity
Wang Yingwei is the new director of China’s Cybersecurity Bureau. Photo: ifeng
Wendell Brown hugs relatives after his arrival at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Photo: AP
After three years in China prison for bar fight, US college football player Wendell Brown goes home
- The former schoolteacher spent time in a Chongqing jail for controversial bar fight that took place on September 24, 2016
Topic | Foreigners in China
Wendell Brown hugs relatives after his arrival at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Photo: AP
The online portal to register companies was down from 7am to about 12.30pm on Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong Companies Registry website falls victim to glitch as ‘hardware problem’ brings down electronic registration service
- The e-Registry, a 24-hour portal that accepts applications for registration of businesses, was down from 7am to around 12.30pm on Thursday
- It comes a week after HKEX had to suspend derivatives trading because of a software issue
Topic | Cybersecurity
The online portal to register companies was down from 7am to about 12.30pm on Thursday. Photo: Shutterstock
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Is the Google Nest Hub Max a clever, convenient assistant or a breach of your privacy?
- Google has updated its AI smart speaker, but its new face-tracking technology will be seen by many as too intrusive
- Its wide-angle lens scans the room for your face and tracks your hand movements; living with it embodied the cognitive dissonance of being a gadget guy in 2019
Topic | Google
Google’s Nest Hub Max is always watching. Is it a time saving assistant or another assault on our privacy? Photo: Geoffrey Fowler/Washington Post
Former US intelligence contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Photo: AFP
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden tells life story and why he leaked in new memoir
- Snowden’s book tells how he came to reveal secret details about the US government’s collection of emails, phone calls and internet activity in the name of national security
- The former NSA and CIA contractor now lives in Russia, to avoid prosecution in the US
Topic | Edward Snowden
Former US intelligence contractor and whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Photo: AFP
