{"id":16688,"date":"2021-06-08T10:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16688"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:07:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T17:07:36","slug":"justice-minstrys-new-gaijin-card-reader-app-now-enables-general-public-to-scan-you-so-much-for-goj-promises-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16688","title":{"rendered":"Justice Ministry’s new “Gaijin Card Reader App” now unlawfully enables the general public to scan you. So much for GOJ promises of privacy."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. Debito.org Readers Niklas and B have sent word that the Ministry of Justice has made a “Residence Card Checker App”, available from December 25, 2020, downloadable from their website (English<\/a>, Japanese<\/a>). It’s available for Windows PC, Apple Mac App Store, Google Play, and iOS (with manuals!). It scans RFID Zairyuu Cards<\/a>, aka “Gaijin Cards”, which is personal ID required of foreign residents only, and must be carried 24\/7 on pain of criminal penalty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In their words, “This app reads and displays the information (such as the bearer’s name) stored on the IC chips of residence cards and special permanent resident certificates, helping users to confirm that the card is not a forgery.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How nice.<\/p>\n

Except that the only people allowed to demand, let alone scan, Gaijin Cards are people connected with the Ministry of Justice (Immigration, police, etc.).<\/a> This has now unlawfully put the ability to read private information within the general public’s grasp. Such as people posing as fake cops (which does happen<\/a>). It’s not that far removed from the government “snitch sites<\/a>” where anyone could anonymously report their local gaijin to the government and have them harassed, er, investigated by local authorities<\/a>. (They’ve since disappeared after nearly two decades in action, so this is a new form of potential harassment.)<\/p>\n

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Poster Title<\/span>: “When you employ a foreigner, check their Zairyuu Card! \u00a0Employers will also be punished for employing illegal workers!!” <\/strong>Ministry of Justice, Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau. Photo from Hiroo Subway Station, June 16, 2021, courtesy of K on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE JUNE 21<\/strong>: I have done an SNA column on this issue.<\/a><\/p>\n

Debito.org will now archive the sites in English and Japanese for the record, with some screen captures. Especially enjoy reading the Privacy Policy, especially since one initial reason why the government advertised that the RFID card was a better system was due to privacy (and “convenience<\/a>“)–random people wouldn’t be able to read the embedded information. Now they can. Where is the outcry over “privacy concerns” that Japanese citizens enjoy whenever the government makes personal ID policy affecting them<\/a>? Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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ENGLISH SITE<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.isa.go.jp\/en\/policies\/policies\/rcc-support.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(click on scans to enlarge in browser)<\/em><\/p>\n

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