Re:Ten days in Shenzhen
by outworlder on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:20PM
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This excerpt is interesting:
"One thing I found problematic with WeChat is that unlike Hangout, for example, it doesn't store any of the conversations on the backend. There's apparently a “we're not spying on you” angle to this with regards to Tencent providing this service to users."
Yeah, but then just a couple of paragraphs before, they were mentioning how WeChat provides translation services inside the app. I highly doubt that this is being handled in the device itself.
Re:Ten days in Shenzhen
by whisk on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:35AM
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China's law requires all Apps to keep chat log for 6 months. Wechat just doesn't provide download so that they can reduce the cost of storage and bandwidth.
"One thing I found problematic with WeChat is that unlike Hangout, for example, it doesn't store any of the conversations on the backend. There's apparently a “we're not spying on you” angle to this with regards to Tencent providing this service to users."
Yeah, but then just a couple of paragraphs before, they were mentioning how WeChat provides translation services inside the app. I highly doubt that this is being handled in the device itself.