TAIPEI, Taiwan—Four Chinese-made apps have been found to pose cybersecurity risks to users because they secretly harvest data from users’ devices, Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs said following an investigation.
At a press conference on May 27, the ministry’s Administration for Cyber Security (ACS) disclosed its findings on navigation app Amap, video-streaming apps Bilibili and iQIYI, and messaging app BIMOBIMO. The four apps were subjected to tests using 15 indicators across four categories: real-time monitoring, accessing data from other apps, extracting information from the user’s device, and data transmission and sharing.
Amap, also known as GaoDe Map, was found to pose the greatest risk to users, failing 11 of the indicators in the Android version tested and eight in the iOS version….Â
Taiwan Flags 4 Chinese Apps Over Covert User Data Collection
