Huawei has shared data on Chinese and foreign users with the PRC government. Until 2020, presentations detailing the tracking technologies were kept in the public domain on the company’s website, writes The Washington Post…
According to the leaked documents, Huawei helped the authorities analyze voice recordings, comparing them to a large database of “voice prints.” It is believed that China used this tool for the purpose of ensuring state security, including to search for dissidents in issues of Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as ethnic relations.
Another slide shows a comprehensive prison surveillance system. Apparently, it was used in the penal colonies of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Another tracking technology mentioned in the documents locates “politicians” using their electronic devices. According to media reports, it is still used in Guangdong, China’s most populous province.
The document also contains information on the use of Huawei surveillance technology in Xinjiang since 2017. The facial recognition system helped to catch “a number of suspected crimes,” the slides say.
Reporters admitted that they could not verify the authorship of the slides, but they were published on Huawei’s public website and until recently anyone could access them.
According to a Huawei spokesman, the company is “unaware of the projects mentioned in the Washington Post report,” and it provides “cloud platform services that meet generally accepted industry standards.”
As a reminder, in November it was revealed that China was using biometric identification technologies against “dangerous journalists.”
In May, a software engineer talked about testing emotion recognition systems in police stations on Xinjiang residents.
In July, the United States imposed sanctions on Chinese AI companies for violating Uyghur rights.
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Huawei has shared data on Chinese and foreign users with the PRC government. Until 2020, presentations detailing the tracking technologies were kept in the public domain on the company’s website, writes The Washington Post…
According to the leaked documents, Huawei helped the authorities analyze voice recordings, comparing them to a large database of “voice prints.” It is believed that China used this tool for the purpose of ensuring state security, including to search for dissidents in issues of Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as ethnic relations.
Another slide shows a comprehensive prison surveillance system. Apparently, it was used in the penal colonies of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Another tracking technology mentioned in the documents locates “politicians” using their electronic devices. According to media reports, it is still used in Guangdong, China’s most populous province.
The document also contains information on the use of Huawei surveillance technology in Xinjiang since 2017. The facial recognition system helped to catch “a number of suspected crimes,” the slides say.
Reporters admitted that they could not verify the authorship of the slides, but they were published on Huawei’s public website and until recently anyone could access them.
According to a Huawei spokesman, the company is “unaware of the projects mentioned in the Washington Post report,” and it provides “cloud platform services that meet generally accepted industry standards.”
As a reminder, in November it was revealed that China was using biometric identification technologies against “dangerous journalists.”
In May, a software engineer talked about testing emotion recognition systems in police stations on Xinjiang residents.
In July, the United States imposed sanctions on Chinese AI companies for violating Uyghur rights.
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