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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Markoff on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:29AM (#24078673)
they don't, but WeChat is also huge security risk spying on people abroad with access to photos etc., tool used to tax evasion payments within the app etc.

for instance you go to chinese restaurant - you can choose to pay legally with card or cash money they have to tax or undocumented untaxed income through wechat

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by thaumasiotes on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:15AM (#24079960)
> for instance you go to chinese restaurant - you can choose to pay legally with card or cash money they have to tax or undocumented untaxed income through wechat

This sounds like the exact opposite of the truth. Payment through wechat generates records. Payment in cash doesn't.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Markoff on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:58AM (#24080942)
yeah, records in China inaccessible to IRS, but we are discussing here WeChat ban in US
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