Indian Troops Stationed on Chinese Border Told to Delete Chinese Apps from Phones
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 11/12/2017
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India and China are still in conflict over the border's location following the 1962 Sino-Indian War. According to the Bleeping Computer, the Indian Defense Ministry has advised troops stationed on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to uninstall Chinese-made apps from their smartphones.
The soldiers were warned that Chinese apps transmit user data back to servers located in China, and the Chinese government might use data collected by these services to pinpoint their location across the border.
The advisory included a list of 42 Android and iOS apps that officials advised soldiers to remove. Local news outlets said the list included well-known apps such as Weibo, Wechat, UC Browser, and CM Browser.
India previously banned the use Chinese-made hardware in the same region, prohibiting the use of Huawei or ZTE networking equipment. It should be noted that there is no general ban on Chinese products in India, nor of Indian products in China. Any bans on Chinese products are applied only in the LAC region.
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India and China are still in conflict over the border's location following the 1962 Sino-Indian War. According to the Bleeping Computer, the Indian Defense Ministry has advised troops stationed on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to uninstall Chinese-made apps from their smartphones.
The soldiers were warned that Chinese apps transmit user data back to servers located in China, and the Chinese government might use data collected by these services to pinpoint their location across the border.
The advisory included a list of 42 Android and iOS apps that officials advised soldiers to remove. Local news outlets said the list included well-known apps such as Weibo, Wechat, UC Browser, and CM Browser.
India previously banned the use Chinese-made hardware in the same region, prohibiting the use of Huawei or ZTE networking equipment. It should be noted that there is no general ban on Chinese products in India, nor of Indian products in China. Any bans on Chinese products are applied only in the LAC region.
