Taiwan Flags 4 Chinese Apps Over Covert User Data Collection

The findings are a warning beyond Taiwan.

Taiwan Flags 4 Chinese Apps Over Covert User Data Collection

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.

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