Reclaim The Net By Will Henney
Police in China can track protesters by enabling “alarms” on surveillance software provided by camera manufacturer Hikvision.
According to technical documents on Hikvision’s website, flagged by Internet Protocol Video Market (IPVM), the software has alarms for protests as well as other disruptive events like “fire hazards” and offenses like “gambling.” Until IPVM flagged the documents, there were alarms for “religion” and the banned spiritual movement “Falun Gong.”
According to the report, the documents show that there are at least nine protest-related “alarm” types: “gathering crowds to attack state organs,” “gathering crowds to disrupt the order of the unit,” “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places,” “gathering crowds to disrupt traffic order,” “gathering crowds to disrupt order on public transport,” “gathering crowds obstructing the normal running of vehicles,” “crowd looting,” “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration” and a “threat to petition.”
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