When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was...

Apparently, the Chinese government brought the hammer down on Naomi for pointing out how they spy on Signal used via a third-party keyboard on phones

#Tech #Infosec #security #China

  • sub_o@beehaw.orgEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    After 8 years of daily tweeting one of the loudest, most candid voices coming out of China has been deplatformed- absolutely no one gives a shit. I could be dead in a ditch- but we aren’t actually people, we’re just signs for people like you in the West to wave at each other in their ideological war. –Naomi Wu

    Sadly this is what I’ve been feeling nowadays.

    • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
      15·
      1 year ago

      It’s not like we don’t have our own problems over here that take up our time.

      Also one of the increasingly problematic issues is getting news out of China

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      She has a large social media presence. Her followers should be the one raising the flag, making noise. And that echo chamber should magnify so the media can’t ignore it. Expecting the media to pick it up without her fans doing so first is weird. We should be able to point to the discussion forums the Twitter storms the Reddit threads etc where people are getting up in arms over their favorite creator disappearing. But we’re not. This this news article doesn’t cite it.

      So something’s missing.

      • deFrisselle@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yup, I only posted it on the off chance that there is some truth here or someone knowns more I’ve wondered why the Chinese Government didn’t shut her down long ago It would be hard for them to not know she’s getting around their measures and what she’s posting or if she is/was an agent of government propaganda promoting Chinese tech Also ties in with the LMG drama as she has accused Linus of sexual harassment and propositioning her on a trip to China

    • BobKerman3999@feddit.it
      9·
      1 year ago

      So what? Chinese government is cracking down on her and what is the West supposed to do? Declare war? Send Seal team 6?

      • CapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        At least talk about.

        That’s what she’s criticizing her western followers and the western media for not doing.

        The thought that all the western world can do is to either declare war or sit on our hands is plain wrong.

        • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s what she’s criticizing her western followers and the western media for not doing.

          We don’t actually know what’s happening. She has always been concerned about Winnie the Pooh’s minions shutting her down, like they silence so many others in their country.

          We have to assume that’s what happened, and if it has, we really don’t know what is the course of action likely to be helpful and not make the situation even worse for Naomi.

          Trying to embarrass the Chinese government generally doesn’t make them apologize and back down.