Defence Ministry to Indian citizens : Uninstall these Chinese apps immediately

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3e3e3e;">The Ministry of Defence in India has issued a new order to the Indian armed forces asking officers and all security personnel to remove, uninstall over 42 Chinese apps as these have been classified as ‘spyware’. The list includes popular apps like Mi Store found on all </span>Xiaomi<span style="color: #3e3e3e;"> smartphones, WeChat which is a popular messaging app from China, ShareIt which is used for file transfers and one of the most popular apps in India.</span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1jw0FSscWw-aYbd936CFYRYDNhEaMap9pKIT50VufpWJxpeJMegIltxGDSxK091eDMgYsycdU7m5XKvItGewy4z1QHbyhWSzVvLsOkJU3w2HQd_P9OTw73_EllDWP-v7JLILx2jpbCxA/s1600/hacked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="660" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1jw0FSscWw-aYbd936CFYRYDNhEaMap9pKIT50VufpWJxpeJMegIltxGDSxK091eDMgYsycdU7m5XKvItGewy4z1QHbyhWSzVvLsOkJU3w2HQd_P9OTw73_EllDWP-v7JLILx2jpbCxA/s320/hacked.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3e3e3e;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #3e3e3e;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">chinese apps have once again come under the security scanner in India and this time there are more than 40 apps in the list. In a country wide advisory issued to all military and paramilitary formations, the government has expressed fear that several Chinese apps are either spyware or malicious malware and has asked officials to ensure that men under their control delete these apps.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Union Home Ministry formed the advisory with inputs from intelligence agencies like the R&AW and NTRO. It asks personnel to immediately uninstall these apps and format their phone.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As mentioned above, there are more than 40 app Chinese apps in this list including few popular names like Mi Store from Xiaomi, Weibo and WeChat. Here is the full list.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJHkCFz_Ih15pYLrdxs6RJjyk8XKBhX5gmnZBHrs4IG-7huJ2h-SjLfcHDi2fzxQVhoBGWOitZ1eP1OhiZlvHkScYTzzxcNL1S86CWnn0OapSgktiU71XuQDKAK2-0SpmDxKLBTbhGueF/s1600/hqdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="480" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJHkCFz_Ih15pYLrdxs6RJjyk8XKBhX5gmnZBHrs4IG-7huJ2h-SjLfcHDi2fzxQVhoBGWOitZ1eP1OhiZlvHkScYTzzxcNL1S86CWnn0OapSgktiU71XuQDKAK2-0SpmDxKLBTbhGueF/s320/hqdefault.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="review_also_read" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="review_also_read" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. Weibo</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2. WeChat</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. SHAREit</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4. Truecaller</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5. UC News</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">6. UC Browser</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">7. BeautyPlus</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">8. NewsDog</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">9. VivaVideo- QU Video Inc</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10. Parallel Space</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">11. APUS Browser</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">12. Perfect Corp</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">13. Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">14. CM Browser</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">15. Mi Community</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">16. DU recorder</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">17. Vault-Hide</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">18. YouCam Makeup</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">19. Mi Store</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">20. CacheClear DU apps studio</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">21. DU Battery Saver</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">22. DU Cleaner</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">23. DU Privacy</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">24. 360 Security</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">25.  DU Browser</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">26. Clean Master - Cheetah Mobile</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">27. Baidu Translate</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">28. Baidu Map</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">29. Wonder Camera</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">30. ES File Explorer</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">31. Photo Wonder</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">32. QQ International</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">33. QQ Music</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">34. QQ Mail</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">35. QQ Player</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">36. QQ NewsFeed</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">37. WeSync</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">38. QQ Security Centre</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">39. SelfieCity</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">40. Mail Master</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">41. Mi Video call-Xiaomi</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 28px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">42. QQ Launcher</span></div> </div>

Defence Ministry to Indian citizens : Uninstall these Chinese apps immediately

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