Tag: security concerns

China’s App for Olympians Has Security Flaw, Censors Sensitive Words, Says Canadian Report

An app mandated for use by all attendees of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has a flaw that allows encryption of sensitive data to be sidestepped, a new study by Canadian researchers says.  The app also censors words related to the Chinese authorities’ human rights abuses of ethnic and religious minority groups, according to the study….


More Than 500 Chinese STEM Students Denied Visa to the US

More than 500 Chinese STEM students’ visa applications to study at major American universities were recently rejected by the U.S. government over security concerns, Chinese media reported. The news sparked debate on Chinese social media and netizens claim that most of the student visa applicants are from Chinese universities that have ties to the Chinese…