Taiwan Flags 4 Chinese Apps Over Covert User Data Collection
The findings are a warning beyond Taiwan.
TL;DR
- Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs identified four Chinese apps with cybersecurity risks.
- The apps secretly harvest data from user devices.
- Identified apps include navigation app AMap, video-streaming apps Bilibili and iQIYI, and messaging app BIMOBIMO.
- AMap, also known as Gaode Maps, was found to pose the greatest risk.
- Tests evaluated apps across 15 indicators in four categories: real-time monitoring, accessing data from other apps, extracting device information, and data transmission/sharing.