{"id":4931,"date":"2019-07-06T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2019-07-06T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T14:39:14","slug":"fear-paranoia-and-glitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=4931","title":{"rendered":"Fear, paranoia and glitches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like many Brits by birth, I\u2019ve become\naccustomed to my democratic privacy. I enjoy free movement across borders\nwithout much hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enter The Dragon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Since a kid, I\u2019ve been fascinated with Chinese culture so it\u2019s actually awesome to be finally going there as 40+ years later.  It becomes apparent at the Visa application stage how controlling the authorities are and this is made worst with media coverage of official spyware install by immigration&#8230;WTF and I have to pay for the privilege of a Visa.  Having an assumption of my privacy rights does not help my situation and so my anxiety level rise and hello Mr Myasthenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So what\u2019s in my toolkit?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Linux Tails iPad <\/li><li> new iCloud account <\/li><li> New Facebook account for self tracking &#8230;.and a few encrypted devices.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;but essentially, I\u2019ll be offline as much\nas possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My top 5 Barriers to China<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You have to scan and upload your picture. This is easy enough but not everyone has a decent document scanner or knows how to use it.<\/li><li>Confirmed hotel booking&#8230;maybe I just want to be free and last minute. Nope, this is not an option.<\/li><li>Form filling 10 pages of personal data..This is Your Life<\/li><li>Appointment in person&#8230;2-3 hours if you are lucky<\/li><li>Figuring out the geography&#8230;China is freaking massive. I will definitely get lost at some point.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no freaking idea what I\u2019m getting\ninto but hey, it\u2019s just another level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tom-Clancys-The-Division-2_20190702_213416_jpg_.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tom-Clancys-The-Division-2_20190702_213416_jpg_-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tom-Clancys-The-Division-2_20190702_213416_jpg_-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tom-Clancys-The-Division-2_20190702_213416_jpg_-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Tom-Clancys-The-Division-2_20190702_213416_jpg_-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division 2 &#8211; intentional glitch?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many Brits by birth, I\u2019ve become accustomed to my democratic privacy. I enjoy free movement across borders without much hassle. Enter The Dragon Since a kid, I\u2019ve been fascinated with Chinese culture so it\u2019s actually awesome to be finally going there as 40+ years later. It becomes apparent at the Visa application stage how &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=4931\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fear, paranoia and glitches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,57],"tags":[134,149],"class_list":["post-4931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-myasthenia_gravis","tag-meticulous","tag-modifications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4934,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}