Influential China church reports arrests as crackdown on Christians intensifies

[trottigy]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl8jgdxypo#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=17678870936139&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fckgl8jgdxypo

 

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The Communist Party has long pressured Christians to join only state-sanctioned churches led by government-approved pastors.

 

But Christian groups say the grip has tightened noticeably, with arrests becoming more common and prompt.

 

At least two church leaders in China have told the BBC that authorities are swiftly arresting unauthorised church leaders. In the past, these individuals would first be warned, then fined and finally detained if they still refused to comply with orders.

 

If you know of anyone in China, please be extremely careful with any communication with them. EVERYTHING is monitored.... Yes, they can also crack WhatsApp messages.

[dljbsp]

3 hours ago, trottigy said:

Yes, they can also crack WhatsApp messages.

Just a clarification, China blocks access to WhatsApp. 
 

End-to-end encryption means the message is encrypted on the sender’s device and can be decrypted only on the recipient’s device using their private key. No intermediary—including the service provider or a government monitoring the network—can read the message content in transit.
 

[trottigy]

From WhatsApp:

 

https://faq.whatsapp.com/808280033839222

 

 

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 In order to comply with a valid legal request, such as a valid Pen Register Trap and Trace Order in the United States, WhatsApp may start collecting message logs and call logs for a particular user indicating who the communication was to or from, the time it was transmitted and from which address, and the type of communication (such as a text or call).

 

Meta data like who a person is communicating with and where they are can tell a lot about the type of communication going. This can easily cause trouble for those being watched by various government entities.