{"id":4479,"date":"2022-01-24T14:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/should-athletes-be-worried-about-security-flaws-in-chinas-olympics-app\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T13:36:54","slug":"should-athletes-be-worried-about-security-flaws-in-chinas-olympics-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/should-athletes-be-worried-about-security-flaws-in-chinas-olympics-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Should athletes be worried about security flaws in China\u2019s Olympics app?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes\u2019 health and travel data has a \u2018devastating\u2019 encryption flaw<\/p>\n<p>With the Beijing Olympics just weeks away, concerns are mounting over a mandatory health app for competing athletes, after a <a href=\"https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2022\/01\/cross-country-exposure-analysis-my2022-olympics-app\/\">new report<\/a> revealed the app contains security flaws and a list of \u201cpolitically sensitive\u201d words that have been marked for censorship.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2022\/01\/cross-country-exposure-analysis-my2022-olympics-app\/\">report<\/a>, published by University of Toronto\u2019s research and strategic policy unit Citizen Lab, found that the My2022 app, which will be used to monitor athletes\u2019 health and travel data, has a \u201cdevastating\u201d encryption flaw that leaves users\u2019 files and media vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/24\/should-athletes-be-worried-about-flaws-in-chinas-olympics-app\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8837b7960eb8c92877001b01f5cb2c8d30cc4072\/0_153_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e0e36eb15476af5e1a93baf0430a45e1\" title=\"Should athletes be worried about security flaws in China\u2019s Olympics app?\" \/>A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes\u2019 health and travel data has a \u2018devastating\u2019 encryption flaw<br \/>\nWith the Beijing Olympics just weeks away, concerns are mounting over a mandatory health app for competing athletes, after a new report revealed the app contains security flaws and a list of \u201cpolitically sensitive\u201d words that have been marked for censorship.<br \/>\nThe report, published by University of Toronto\u2019s research and strategic policy unit Citizen Lab, found that the My2022 app, which will be used to monitor athletes\u2019 health and travel data, has a \u201cdevastating\u201d encryption flaw that leaves users\u2019 files and media vulnerable. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes\u2019 health and travel data has a \u2018devastating\u2019 encryption flaw With the Beijing Olympics just weeks away, concerns are mounting over a mandatory health app for competing athletes, after a new report revealed the app contains security flaws and a list of \u201cpolitically sensitive\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/24\/should-athletes-be-worried-about-security-flaws-in-chinas-olympics-app\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should athletes be worried about security flaws in China\u2019s Olympics app?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}