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Investigation results are reported that China is forcibly installing a monitoring application on foreigners’ smartphones trying to enter the Uighur Autonomous Region in Xinjiang.
According to foreign media, the Chinese border guards demand that travelers entering Xinjiang unlock their smartphones, move the device to another room, and return it after a while. Most of them are removed before being returned, but in some cases they remain inside. Cybersecurity experts analyzed this and found that the monitoring application searched for user contacts, call logs, text messages and calendar entries under the name BXAQ or Fengcai, and posted the results to government servers.
The target of the monitoring application is mainly content related to Islamic extremism. However, during the fasting of Ramadan, they searched for documents related to the Dalai Lama. In addition, this monitoring application targets Android, but it is believed that the iPhone is also connected to the inspection device.
In the western Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, there were reports that a system that reports to authorities when a subject is out of a designated safe zone is being tested with facial recognition cameras installed. At least 2.5 million residents are under surveillance 24 hours a day. However, it seems that such advanced surveillance is no exception to travelers. Related information can be found here .
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