Thread · 2 tweets · 8 Jul 2018

I remember visiting Huawei’s public surveillance showroom in Shenzhen a few years ago. It was exactly like any high-tech snazzy, shiny, glossy showroom, except about dystopia. We were guided through it by a cheerful, enthusiastic youngster. nytimes.com/2018/07/08/bus…

Then again, for all the «OMG China!» handwringing this is no different from what happens to you when you browse the Web without some form of tracking protection. You just have to hope that Google and ad tech are benevolent, instead of the Party. That’s not an obvious bet.