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Edited by nova92 on Mar 18th 2021 at 8:47:16 AM
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Personal data of millions of Line users accessed by affiliate in China.
Four Chinese engineers at a Shanghai-based affiliate that Line subcontracted to develop artificial intelligence for its services accessed the messages stored in the Japanese computer system and personal information of Line users, such as name, phone number, email address and Line ID.
The engineers accessed the Japanese computers at least 32 times, beginning in August 2018.
Noboru Nakatani, group chief trust and safety officer at Z Holdings Corp., Line’s parent company, apologized to Line users.
“We are aware of the need to take aggressive measures related to the overseas transfer of data,” he said.
Line officials said they had not detected any inappropriate accessing of the data and on Feb. 24 took steps to prevent further access of the information from abroad.
Line also turned to other companies for help in monitoring its Timeline service, which began in January 2020. A Japanese company was contracted to monitor any inappropriate postings to the service, but that company, in turn, subcontracted the work to a Chinese company based in Dalian.
Whenever the Chinese company received notices from Japanese Line users about inappropriate postings to the service, staff at the Chinese company accessed Line’s Japanese computers to monitor the suspected messages, photos and videos.
Line Corp. has acknowledged a shortcoming in its privacy policy and set up a third-party committee to look into its operations.
The company also reported the matter to the government’s Personal Information Protection Commission.
The Personal Information Protection Law limits the transfer of personal information to other nations as well as accessing that data from abroad. Provisions spell out that the consent of the individual is required before such information can be transferred abroad or allowed access by those in foreign nations.
Line’s privacy policy states “we may transfer Personal Data to a third country without any data protection laws which are equivalent to those of the country or region where you live.”
However, under the revised Personal Information Protection Law, which passed the Diet in June 2020, the commission has asked companies to clearly state which nations the data might be transferred to.
The Line messaging app was developed in the months following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami when family members and friends faced problems contacting each other because phone lines were down.
It is now used by the central and many local governments to notify residents about developments in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic and, as such, has become a vital component of the social infrastructure.
Line has "begun considering a more accurate and detailed expression” in its privacy policy, said Jun Masuda, a director and chief strategic marketing officer for the company.
Line will also revise its privacy policy because of the current vagueness of the wording.
Masuda explained that the company subcontracted the monitoring because of a lack of Japanese personnel with the required skills and added, “There was the concern that our services would lose to those offered by other Japanese companies and companies in other nations if we did not cooperate with members from a wide range of nations.”
A scholar said a thorough investigation was needed regarding the information actually accessed by those in China.
“There will be a need to clarify in detail what kind of people accessed what types of data as well as the extent of the accessing,” said Harumichi Yuasa, a professor of cybersecurity law and vice president at the Institute of Information Security.
He added that with the central and local governments using Line for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as consulting services related to suicide prevention there was a need for officials at those governments to reconfirm their use of the company’s services.
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South Korea has its staff at the consulate in Atlanta to investigate if the women who were killed had South Korean nationality.
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A decision is made to not allow foreigners to enter Tokyo for the Olympic Games in a few months.
Edited by Ominae on Mar 20th 2021 at 4:15:22 AM
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So then... what is the fucking point, and why are they not canceled?
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One trillion yen
Gone up in a year of plague
A shameful display
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 20th 2021 at 6:29:07 AM
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Best. Olympics. Ever. Of all time.
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It's alright, folks, we've still got the next one to look forward to—
Please end me
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 20th 2021 at 6:27:09 AM
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Edited by Kayeka on Mar 20th 2021 at 2:27:54 PM
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For the foreign athletes, they're allowed in with exemptions if they follow strict protocol on avoiding COVID-19.
Edited by Ominae on Mar 20th 2021 at 7:37:57 AM
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I know that the Olympics usually end up incurring deficit to the host country but hoo boy this has to be even worse.
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Well, they'll be saving a lot of money on actually hosting all those visitors, so that's something.
A procrastination in of itself
I think the costs in the sense of construction for visitors are already spent, it’s the revenue (both direct from ticket sales and indirect for local tourism) that’s gone.
I guess they can save on security and event staff, but I’m not sure how out a chunk of the spending pie that is.
Edited by Silasw on Mar 20th 2021 at 3:31:55 PM
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There’s some reactions reported by NHK:
News that overseas spectators are not allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will leave many people disappointed.
Kyla Gardner and her partner live in Australia. They spent 3,000 dollars on tickets, with plans to see 13 different events.
She said, "I'm disappointed that I won't be able to attend, but I also feel relieved that I just know one way or the other because I've been waiting so long to find out."
Now, they will settle for watching the world's top athletes from home. She said, "I think it's definitely reasonable not to allow international spectators, because we've all been through this pandemic. We see how quickly it spreads and how difficult it is to contain."
In Japan, people have been preparing to greet and guide visitors. Chiba City was beginning to roll out training for about 1,500 hopeful volunteers.
City volunteer Hidaka Yuko said, "I took up English lessons for this, so it's a bit of a shame that I can't use the skills I've learned."
Another volunteer Takeuchi Mitsuyo said, "It's a letdown, but I think holding the event itself is significant."
Then there is the fallout for the travel industry, already struggling through the pandemic.
A Tokyo hotel was fully booked for the Games. But about 80 percent of reservations came from overseas.
Assistant general manager Shibata Atsushi said, "I can imagine that we'll get cancellations so we have to seek out a different clientele, like Japanese people or event officials. "
Hotels hope new packages aimed at domestic tourists will soften the blow from what they expect to be a major financial hit.
Meanwhile, China has successfully Wolf Warrior'd itself into...something:
Japan, U.S. defense chiefs affirm cooperation over Taiwan emergency
Tokyo has been reviewing the feasibility of issuing an SDF dispatch order to protect U.S. warships and military planes in case of a crisis between China and Taiwan given the strait's geographical proximity and the possibility of an armed conflict there affecting the safety of Japanese citizens.
Around 220 Chinese vessels spotted at reef in West PH Sea
In a statement on Saturday, the task force said the incident reported by the Coast Guard was a cause for concern since the vessels at the time were not seen conducting fishing activities and their white lights were on during nighttime.
Edited by TerminusEst on Mar 20th 2021 at 11:46:11 AM
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I'm hugely conflicted on Japan's increasing role in global security. On the one hand, Japan should be stepping up to help, particularly with China releasing the Wolf Warriors, but on the other...the ones who are pushing hardest to can Article 9 are the ones who want the Empire back.
I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.
The ccp has become such a Godzilla Threshold of a threat that Japanese remilitarization is now seen as necessary. Man I hate the ccp and especially their puppets infesting my country's government.
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Refunds will be allowed for foreigners who bought the tickets overseas for the Olympics.
Edited by Ominae on Mar 21st 2021 at 6:33:09 AM
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Oh Se-hoon beats Ahn Cheol-su in their primaries, becoming the opposition candidate in the special election for the mayor of Seoul.
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Oh.
Oh Lordy.
Ahn...just give up man. Your political career is over.
...As should've Oh Se-hoon's, really. Not only he already once lost the position of Seoul's mayor in an utterly stupid and pointless bet, in the last general election he lost to Go Min-jeong, a relativie political newbie.
As long as Park Young-sun stay cautious and does not get overconfident, she's gonna be the next mayor of Seoul.
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While Park Yeong-seon seems to be doing fine, I think her party isn't. Lim Jong-seok, the former Blue House chief of staff in the first half of Moon's administration said that "Park Wonsoon wasn't such a bad guy." It seems like some of them forgot why they are even having this election in the first place.
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Another panel is called in to resovle the Imperial succession in question.
IMHO, this'll never end since parts of the LDP are really very hardcore conservative.
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- March 17th: Taiwanese change names to 'salmon' for free sushi.
- March 18th: Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to 'salmon'.
- March 19th: Taiwanese man horrified to learn new name 'Salmon Dream' is permanent.
(I actually did go to a Sushiro last time I was in Taiwan, oddly enough.)
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Mar 23rd 2021 at 11:50:39 AM
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-shrugs- Daegu's loss.
Now that region doesn't have a single Democratic presence and in turn their political support.
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