42 Chinese Spying Android Apps

The Intelligence Bureau (IB), India’s domestic spy agency, issued a warning to soldiers not to use certain Chinese eavesdropping Android apps as a matter of national security.

42 Chinese Android apps, including some well-known ones like We Chat, True Caller, UC Browser, and UC News, have been listed by the IB as purportedly gathering crucial data about the Indian security installations.

According to the report, the Intelligence Bureau in a November 24th advisory directed the soldiers assigned on Line of Actual Control (LAC) to uninstall these Chinese spying Android apps from their smartphones and also format the device after uninstallation as it may compromise national security.

Chinese Spying Android Apps:

1. Weibo
2. WeChat
3. ShareIt
4. TrueCaller
5. UC News
6. UC Browser
7. BeautyPlus
8. NewsDog
9. Viva Video – QU Video Inc.
10. Parallel Space
11. Apus Browser
12. Perfect Corp
13. Virus Cleaner – Hi Security Lab
14. CM Browser
15. Mi Community
16. Mi Store
17. Mi Video call
18. Vault Hide – NQ Mobile Security
19. YouCam Makeup
20. CacheCleaner – DU Apps Studio
21. DU Recorder
22. DU Battery Saver
23. DU Cleaner
24. DU Privacy
25. DU Browser
26. 360 Security
27. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
28. Baidu Translate
29. Baidu Map
30. Wonder Camera – Baidu Inc
31. ES File Explorer
32. Photo Wonder
33. QQ International
34. QQ Music
35. QQ Mail
36. QQ Player
37. QQ Newsfeed
38. QQ Launcher
39. QQ Security Center
40. WeSync
41. Selfie City
42. Mail Master

However, China has a history of snooping on people using Android apps. Many complaints were made in the past concerning UC Browser’s dubious methods for gathering user data and sending it back to China. Now that the issue has received considerable attention, the administration has advised the troops to delete these risky apps in order to prevent eavesdropping by Chinese eyes.

Just keep in mind that by using these apps, you might unwittingly turn against your country because you never know what information these terrible Chinese espionage applications are sending to China.