I searched a bit but I didn’t find it on YouTube.

And?

In a related report, Neo4j acquires GraphAware to launch Intelligence Analysis Alternative to Palantir Gotham

Graph intelligence leaders will join forces to deliver a customer-proven, open-standards intelligence analysis platform that ensures data sovereignty

Yes, I wouldn’t say the Kremlin ‘did’ it, but they heavily influenced it and spread propaganda imo.

Yeah, there is no Russian propaganda. I mean, why would the Kremlin do that, right? /s

To make things worse: according to a freedom of information request filed in 2020 with all 32 councils in London, as well as 20 other major UK cities, about two-thirds of public cameras are made by two Chinese companies (Hikvision and Dahua) that are both accused of links to the repression minority groups in China, including allegations of forced sterilisation, slave labour and mass internment.

This will expose ordinary citizens to a foreign dictatorial regime, including those who fled from China and other countries to the UK to escape repression.

It reminds me somehow on the famous xkcd webcomic: https://xkcd.com/2347

Edit for an addition: Maybe it’s also a reminder that we should frequently donate when we use FOSS.

What about, ha?

But which ones?

Which ones?

It’s absolutely fair to say that this vulnerability isn’t unique to Chinese tech and must be addressed regarding any tech, but the Chinese government isn’t definitely an ally. China’s political and economic coercion tactics have been well-known for decades, and it has become worse in the recent decade. It’s not a misdiagnosis therefore.

Edit for an addition: If this would be an article about US tech doing the same thing, would you also call it a ‘misdiagnosis’ because China is also a problem? I assume you wouldn’t. This kind of whataboutism works only in one direction.

… only when a Chinese company has this ability.

Could it be that the Chinese Communist Party has long been well-known to for its coercion and bullying? Should certainly be fixed for all others, but this whataboutism works only when China is criticized.

No, that’s not true.

Such ‘incidients’ have been occuring frequently with products from Temu, Shein, and the like. I am wondering why something like that never happens with products bought, say, at local shops or other points of sale where strict product safety laws apply?

Who was the attacker?

Yeah, there is a lot to be improved in the West to protect democracies. This is about China and the threat its government poses. China and Russia are the biggest threat to the rule of law and human rights.

UK Government accused of ‘contempt’ over China spying case collapse

The dispute centres on why charges against two men accused of spying for China were abruptly dropped by prosecutors

Dropped China spying case raises red flags

… So sudden was the CPS’s flip that Tom Tugendhat, both security minister when the charges were laid last year and an MP Cash knew well, was abroad for the ensuing debate. But Alicia Kearns, a fellow MP also known closely to Cash, was there to pass on this intriguing claim: “[Tugendhat] was told by agency heads that the evidence was overwhelming and the case beyond doubt.” She added: “Counterterrorism police this morning agreed and said the same to me — that the evidential standard had been met at the time of charges”. And this: “Officials, the security services and the police agree that the case was a slam dunk." …

… There can be no question that the pair have not been found guilty but Westminster’s China circles are aswirl with rumours. Why was the case dropped? Who decided? What was the government’s role?

Of course, in a case involving espionage, it is always possible for the security services suddenly to discover that the court is requiring a level of disclosure they cannot comply with, for fear of giving away tradecraft or endangering active agents. But the government, while professing itself “extremely disappointed” and insisting it had no influence over the CPS, questioned the law …

The truth is that whatever the law says, no country can defend itself from predatory infiltration by another state unless its leaders are capable of recognising the threat and backing their security services to combat it. If instead, while its companies and laboratories are quietly stripped and its politicians are harassed and surveilled, the senior ranks of its civil service and cabinet prefer to waffle about taking a “balanced approach” and “weighing the trade-offs”, it doesn’t matter how many good laws you put on the books. As China knows better than anyone, actions speak louder than laws.

Posted this in another thread, but it fits also here:

According to 2023 report by Cybersecurity Ventures (pdf), Cybercrime would cost the world USD 9.5 trillion. If it were measured as a country, then ‘cybercrime land’ would be the world’s third largest economy after the U.S. and China. Download the Report.

The insight of over 2,700 risk management professionals from 94 countries and territories, analyzed and published in the 2023 version of

The Allianz Risk Barometer -again, for 2023- indicated that close to half — 45 percent — of the 2,700 surveyed experts say cyber incidents are the most feared cause of business interruption, even more so than natural disasters or energy concerns.

These are number from 2023, so they are likely higher today.

It somehow feels that the 1.5% of GDP European Nato members have obliged to spend for security outside traditional military budgets - which includes exactly such cyber attacks - are well spend, because the damage caused by such incidents is far higher.

China’s existing embassy was inherited from the Qing Dynasty. Makes sense why they want a replacement to reflect their current status.

What an absurdly weird take.

@Grerkol@leminal.space

The Chinese party-state not only censors its own country heavily, it also doesn’t allow foreign media ownership within its borders and doesn’t allow foreign media ownership within its borders. Citing “freedom of expression and information” when it comes to Chinese media ownership is deeply hypocritical and discredits you.