Canada bans federal employees from using WeChat, Kaspersky mobile apps
Ottawa is banning the use of the China-based WeChat instant messaging app and Russian-based Kaspersky security products on the mobile devices of federal civil servants, although it isn’t clear how widely they are being used. This morning, Treasury Board president Anita Anand announced a ban on the use of WeChat and the Kaspersky suite of
WeChat data sharing exceeds expectations, privacy policy misleading
A new study by Citizen Lab Toronto has found that WeChat, China’s largest social media platform, may be sharing more user data than users expect. The study, which was published on Monday, found that WeChat collects data from users even when they are not using the app, and that the company’s privacy policy is not […]
