China campaign warns of spy risks in everyday giftsspy risks in everyday gifts
Chinese state media has launched a campaign warning that ordinary-looking items such as wedding photography services and gifted farm equipment can be used for spying.
The reports, published in China on Wednesday, describe tools and techniques that security services say could expose sensitive information in public and private settings.
The warnings matter because they show how Beijing is broadening its counterespionage message as technology makes surveillance and data theft easier.
- China has expanded its national security laws in recent years to cover a wider range of suspected foreign threats.
- Modern image analysis can sometimes infer location from tiny visual clues that people overlook.
- Wedding photography can create unexpectedly sensitive data, including faces, locations, and social relationships.
