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Canada bans WeChat, Kaspersky applications on government devices Canada bans WeChat, Kaspersky applications on government devices A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed WeChat logo in this illustration taken on Feb 21, 2023. (Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
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30 Oct 2023 11:22PM (Updated: 31 Oct 2023 12:54AM) Bookmark Share OTTAWA: Canada on Monday (Oct 30) banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised.
The ban was announced after an assessment by Canada's chief information officer that Tencent-owned WeChat and applications made by Moscow-based Kaspersky "present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security," the Treasury Board of Canada, which oversees public administration, said in a statement.
WeChat and Kaspersky did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Treasury Board, said it has no evidence that government information has been compromised, but the apps posed "clear" risks.
"The decision to remove and block the WeChat and the Kaspersky applications was made to ensure that government of Canada networks and data remain secure and protected and are in line with the approach of our international partners," the statement said.
The applications will be removed from government-issued mobile devices on Monday, and users will be blocked from downloading them in the future.
Canada in February banned TikTok, the short-video app owned by Chinese company Bytedance, from government-issued devices due to similar privacy and security concerns.
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要说好用还真的就是微信你看看那Facebook和X 那叫个难用啊还有gmail也不如QQ邮箱连个未读
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邮箱有未读功能,你不会用而已
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