Beijing 2022: Why you should or shouldn’t care about the Winter Olympics

The report examines cyber-security risks surrounding the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, placing them in a geopolitical context and noting the PRC’s history of targeting critics. It highlights concrete technical concerns in the official My2022 mobile app—excessive personal data collection, weak SSL verification enabling potential man-in-the-middle attacks, and instances of unencrypted transmissions—and warns that participants and visitors face increased surveillance risk while recommending mitigations such as using burner devices and wiping equipment.