To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat

Re:To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat by fossuser on Friday January 18, 2019 @05:50PM (#18943873)

Isn't WeChat closely monitored by the Chinese government? I'm not sure why anyone outside of China would want to use it (seems like volunteering to be wiretapped).

At least in the US or other western countries there some legal restrictions on the government for accessing private messages.

In China there's probably not much of a choice.

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Re:To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat by umanwizard on Friday January 18, 2019 @06:38PM (#18944168)

“Foreigner” doesn’t imply “outside of China” — there are plenty of foreigners living in China and they have every reason to need to use WeChat.

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Re:To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat by adelie on Friday January 18, 2019 @09:03PM (#18944829)

communication with friends or family in china, mostly. when most common western social media has no foothold in china - or is simply blocked - getting a wechat account is the simplest way to stay in contact.

and i'd imagine most of those people don't care much if the chinese government is spying on their baby photos or vacation albums.

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