Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno...
by La-ang on Thursday June 13, 2019 @09:54AM
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what about Wechat tracking you even though when not using its features?
I don't think CPC would patiently wait until you launch the app to start logging your behavior.
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Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno...
by adinobro on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:28PM
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Why bother? They already have access to cell phone location data and meta information. I'm sure in China it is direct access. In the US it is a two-step process. Not that it would make much difference in practice.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130901/23253224379/att-h...
There was a great article in Australia about this a few years back: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-16/metadata-retention-pr...
Re:WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that kno...
by jw14 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:58AM
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I've been wondering for a long time about this.
My thinking has been that while apps should be sandboxed given China, its (apparent) goals and (apparent from media) past behavior I'm thinking they would invest as much manpower as it takes to figure out how to break iOS/Android sandboxes and turn the phone into a full time listening/tracking device.
I'd love to hear from someone who knows more about mobile OS security regarding this. Is the above a likely or possible scenario or am I being too paranoid?