{"id":22437,"date":"2026-03-24T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/hong-kong-police-can-demand-phone-and-computer-passwords-under-amended-national-security-law\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:37:19","slug":"hong-kong-police-can-demand-phone-and-computer-passwords-under-amended-national-security-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/hong-kong-police-can-demand-phone-and-computer-passwords-under-amended-national-security-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong police can demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to three years in prison<\/p>\n

Hong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city\u2019s national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent.<\/p>\n

The amendments to the law also empower customs officers to seize items that are deemed to have \u201cseditious intention\u201d, regardless of whether any person has been arrested for an offence endangering national security because of the items.<\/p>\n

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\nRefusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to three years in prison
\nHong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city\u2019s national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent.
\nThe amendments to the law also empower customs officers to seize items that are deemed to have \u201cseditious intention\u201d, regardless of whether any person has been arrested for an offence endangering national security because of the items. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to three years in prison Hong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city\u2019s national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent. The amendments to the …<\/p>\n

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