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One Internet surveillance has warned that there is a security defect on apps in which the Chinese government obligates the players participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Peng Maru admits that he wrote a confession and denied "sexual infringement": According to a report from Citizen Lab, a research organization -based research organization based on the Singapore paper and video Canada University, the audience. All event participants, including the press and players, need to download the "My2022" app. It is an application that has various uses such as voice chat, file transfer, and weather information. Visitors from outside China can also check health checks when entering the country. According to the AP communication, this is part of the Chinese government against new colonavirus. However, Citizen Lab's report announced on January 18 states that this app has "simple but catastrophic security defects" and "I have" encrypted files such as voices sent via the app. It is said that it is easy to avoid. The report also states that passport information and health information at the time of entry that can be transmitted via apps such as medical history are vulnerable to hacking. According to USA Today, the Olympic Committee in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands has warned players to keep their mobile phones on the Beijing Olympics, which will open on February 4. The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee ("Team USA") issues technical notifications and recommends the use of prepaid mobile phones, rentals or disposable computers. The technical notification states that "mobile phone data and applications, like computers, are targets for malicious intrusion, infection, and data leakage." According to AP Communication, the Wordlist for censorship told the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee that "all devices, communications, transactions, and online activities should be monitored." While working in, data security and privacy cannot be expected. " According to Citizen Lab's report, the app has a function that can report "politically delicate" content, and has a keyword list for censorship, although it has not been enabled at this time. The report mentions Xinjiang as one of these keywords. It is a place where Chinese authorities are doing criminal acts such as massacre and forced sterile surgery to the Muslim ethnic minorities. China has a long history of monitoring its own people. Kai Strit Matter, a German journalist who has been studying China for more than 30 years, said in January 2021, in response to the US public radio network "NPR", "I feel the nation's monitoring. I am. "

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