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Wonder how their surveillance infrastructure works. Do they duplicate all data and pipe it into some government datacenter? Or do they have some surveillance bo

Wonder how their surveillance infrastructure works. Do they duplicate all data and pipe it into some government datacenter? Or do they have some surveillance boxes installed on-site that just scan the data for certain keywords (like the NSA supposedly often did it)? Maybe the latter seems more likely since filtering the data first makes the overhead more manageable.

babesh 9y ago
I bet direct access to internal tools and databases.
b3lvedere 9y ago
They don't duplicate it. They enforce duplication to others.
pas 9y ago
Probably the same way Facebook makes data available to LEOs. There's a portal for that. They upload the warrant, they then get access to stuff. WeChat simply skips the warrant checking and request scoping.
- gruez 9y ago
  In other words, due process
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  It is worse in that any random local official has full access. There was a huge scandal a while back where a Hainan local official was paid off to make negative comments go away for a bunch of private businesses.
- msh 9y ago
  Facebook messenger chats are not available that way.
est 9y ago
> Do they duplicate all data and pipe it into some government datacenter All chat content in clear text, friend timelines, group chats, are piped into a gov't blackbox in datacenter. There are dozens of cases when a guy complains about parking tickets in his private timeline then got detained for 3-7 days. Recent hot buzz is a guy in private group chat joked about a new guy's bin laden avatar "are we gunna join ISIS" then got 9 months jail time[1] for "soliciting terrorism". (On a side note, the tabloid, GlobalTimes once reported that whether ISIS is a terrorism organization is questionable.[2]) [1]: http://news.163.com/17/0923/02/CV03O5BO00018AOP.html http://news.163.com/17/0923/02/CV03O5BO00018AOP.html [2]: http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2014-09/5140363.html http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2014-09/5140363.html

babesh 9y ago

I bet direct access to internal tools and databases.

b3lvedere 9y ago

They don't duplicate it. They enforce duplication to others.

pas 9y ago

Probably the same way Facebook makes data available to LEOs. There's a portal for that. They upload the warrant, they then get access to stuff. WeChat simply skips the warrant checking and request scoping.

gruez 9y ago
In other words, due process
seanmcdirmid 9y ago
It is worse in that any random local official has full access. There was a huge scandal a while back where a Hainan local official was paid off to make negative comments go away for a bunch of private businesses.
msh 9y ago
Facebook messenger chats are not available that way.

est 9y ago

> Do they duplicate all data and pipe it into some government datacenter All chat content in clear text, friend timelines, group chats, are piped into a gov't blackbox in datacenter. There are dozens of cases when a guy complains about parking tickets in his private timeline then got detained for 3-7 days. Recent hot buzz is a guy in private group chat joked about a new guy's bin laden avatar "are we gunna join ISIS" then got 9 months jail time[1] for "soliciting terrorism". (On a side note, the tabloid, GlobalTimes once reported that whether ISIS is a terrorism organization is questionable.[2]) [1]: http://news.163.com/17/0923/02/CV03O5BO00018AOP.html http://news.163.com/17/0923/02/CV03O5BO00018AOP.html [2]: http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2014-09/5140363.html http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2014-09/5140363.html