Chinese surveillance and censorship tool required of Olympians

The Globe and Mail reports that the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto has analyzed the My2022 app that Olympians are required to install on their device and found that encryption protecting users' audio and file transfers can be sidestepped and that keywords such as Tiananmen can easily be censored. These flaws violate Google and Apple's App store guidelines as well as China's laws and standards.

The Canadian Olympic organizers have advised olympians to leave their devices at home but apparently olympians are being required to install the My2022 app on their devices.