Analyzing WVS : China, Japan, and Korea.
<The public's idea that the government can monitor people's Internet information.>
In China, about 60 percent think the government can monitor people's Internet use. In Japan and South Korea, on the other hand, about 20 percent think government surveillance is justified. China is far higher than ever.
China openly asserts that the country can eavesdrop on its people legally because it does not have to be wary of its people as it is a one-party dictatorship controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. After the introduction of the Internet, Internet control and information censorship were very severe, and the Chinese government asked IT companies such as Apple to disclose their source code, but was rejected.
Eight out of 10 cities with the highest number of CCTVs per 1,000 people are China, according to a report by Comparitech, a British IT consulting firm.
In China, where surveillance is natural as above, people can get used to the surveillance. This is why there are more Chinese people who think the state's surveillance is justified than the people of other countries.
On the other hand, in Korea, there are many people who are negative about the nation's surveillance There has been a huge controversy in Korea over the anti-terrorism bill that says the National Intelligence Service chief can collect information from people to prevent terrorism and whether Kakao Talk, Korea's largest messenger application. The public is aware that state surveillance is not appropriate.
Recently, Japan also began an unprecedented investigation into IoT devices targeting people around the world that the government randomly obtained IDs and passwords to investigate IoT vulnerabilities, including whether or not the initial passwords of Japanese IoT devices were changed. There was considerable public backlash against this.
It is not that the governments of Korea and Japan do not monitor the people, but there is a difference with China in their reactions.
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