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US officials forced to share bald JD Vance meme by denying tourist’s claim he was denied entry over photo
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Even when you enter China the officials won't check your phone. They just tell you to install their "com.gov.mfa" apk downloaded from a server with invalid SSL certificate and totally not suspicious permissions like:
and totally legitimate looking activities like
com.tencent.rtmp.video.TXScreenCapture$TXScreenCaptureAssistantActivity,com.tencent.qcloud.logutils.LogActivityandcom.tencent.liteav.audio2.permission.PermissionActivityI have entered the US around 10x/year and haven't being searched (I'm not saying it doesn't happen, tho), I've visited china multiple times last years and not been asked to install anything, either. Haven't heard about that app install requirement before, any articles about it?
In around 2019 two of my colleagues were visiting China for business thing, one had Xiaomi phone and wasn't asked to do anything, another had Samsung and his phone was searched.
It's an anecdote, so make of it as you will.
Maybe they saw the phone and thought "ah, he's already covered."
Maybe this weird off topic claim isn't being made with intellectual honesty
It's not forced but the paper slip for immigration now is online, so it's this app or the mini app inside WeChat (or waiting a couple hours in the line for the clerk that basically signs up a WeChat for you and inserts your data in the MFA mini app)
*long slow stare* ...but WHY THOUGH?
Flashlight on android is actually a flash for camera, if you want to get proper access to the camera you kind of need this one.
If the secret police are trying to find you, they could turn on your flashlight and make hiding harder?