Intelligence agencies want you to remove these Chinese apps from your phone right now




As tension builds across the India-China border with a standoff at LAC in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Intelligence agencies have issued a list of Chinese apps that should be banned for data security of Indian users. Intelligence agencies have asked the government to discourage people from using these apps. The decision is supported by National Security Council Secretariat.

The agencies are concerned that these apps are collecting data and sending it to servers outside the country. Apps like Zoom, TikTok, UC Browser featured on the list. Along with these, few of inbuilt Mi apps like Mi store and Mi community are also on the list.

The complete list of the apps include :

  1. TikTok
  2. Vault-Hide
  3. Vigo Video
  4. Bigo Live
  5. Weibo
  6. WeChat
  7. SHAREit
  8. UC News
  9. UC Browser
  10. BeautyPlus
  11. Xender
  12. ClubFactory
  13. Helo
  14. LIKE
  15. Kwai
  16. ROMWE
  17. SHEIN
  18. NewsDog
  19. Photo Wonder
  20. APUS Browser
  21. VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
  22. Perfect Corp
  23. CM Browser
  24. Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
  25. Mi Community
  26. DU recorder
  27. YouCam Makeup
  28. Mi Store
  29. 360 Security
  30. DU Battery Saver
  31. DU Browser
  32. DU Cleaner
  33. DU Privacy
  34. Clean Master – Cheetah
  35. CacheClear DU apps studio
  36. Baidu Translate
  37. Baidu Map
  38. Wonder Camera
  39. ES File Explorer
  40. QQ International
  41. QQ Launcher
  42. QQ Security Centre
  43. QQ Player
  44. QQ Music
  45. QQ Mail
  46. QQ NewsFeed
  47. WeSync
  48. SelfieCity
  49. Clash of Kings
  50. Mail Master
  51. Mi Video call-Xiaomi
  52. Parallel Space

Data security has been a major concern for quite some time now. The debate on whether home assistants should be allowed to record everything users say has also been going on for a while. Using user data for unethical purposes is against Google Play Store policies. Google in the past has taken down apps that violate this policy. India’s beloved Mitron app being one of them. If these apps are really a ‘threat’ to the user’s privacy, surely Google wouldn’t mind stepping it.

The hostility between India-China has been witnessed to a large extent in the tech industry. Starting from the entire TikTok vs YouTube saga, followed by the rise Mitron app which was taken down by Google, Remove China app, which too was taken down by Google. A development like this will only add more fuel to the fire that is the ongoing anti-China wave across the country. People have been boycotting Chinese goods to show their patriotism. https://bit.ly/2ClCCK9

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