– The following edited version is based on two reports written by Almond Li and Peter Lee in the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on July 11, 2022. It is published on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with HKFP, July 12, 2022. By Hong Kong Free Press While Hong Kong is one of numerous nations requiring a contract tracing application to slow the spread of COVID-19, thus far, citizens have been able to protect their privacy by using monikers, and all the app data was stored in the user’s own phone. However, the new government under the newly…