News of the Cyber World

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India bans TikTok, WeChat and dozens more Chinese apps
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53225720

In a statement, it said the apps were "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".
In total, 59 different apps were banned - including popular messaging app WeChat.
It follows weeks of escalating tensions along the disputed border between the two countries.

Well, you gotta recall they passed a law requiring Chinese and foreign companies to provide the military with intel...
There's no guarantee that those apps won't be used to spy on you, even if you're not their main target.  
Plus, there's also a chance your phone can be hacked a la Zoom...

India's Ministry of Information Technology said it was banning the 59 Chinese apps after receiving "many complaints from various sources" about apps that were "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorised manner".
"The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures," the ministry said.

Oh wait a second! It was not a mere theory but a fact!