India Is Reportedly Looking To Ban 275 More Chinese Apps -- Including PUBG, Zili and AliExpress

schwit1 writes: India has drawn up a list of 275 Chinese apps that it will examine for any violation of national security and user privacy, signaling heightened scrutiny and the possibility of more Chinese internet companies being banned in the country, according to people aware of the developments. This follows the high-profile ban of 59 Chinese apps last month, including short video app TikTok, amid simmering geopolitical tensions between the two Asian giants.

The list, reviewed by ET, includes gaming app PubG, Zili by phonemaker Xiaomi, AliExpress by ecommerce giant Alibaba as well as apps like Resso and ULike from TikTok-owner ByteDance. "The government may ban all, some or none from the list," said one person cited above. A spokesperson for the union home ministry did not respond to queries from ET on the developments. However, official sources said reviews aimed at identifying more Chinese apps and their funding is underway. "Some of these apps have been red-flagged due to security reasons while others have been listed for violation of data sharing and privacy concerns," an official explained. This is in addition to examining the alleged flow of data from these apps to China that poses a threat to sovereignty and integrity of India, according to officials who pointed to what they termed as China's data-sharing norm that requires companies of Chinese-origin to share data with the home country, irrespective of where they operate.

More than India

[phantomfive]

Most of the world is opposed to what happened in Hong Kong.

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[Anonymous Coward]

"Most of the world couldn't find Hong Kong on a map if their life depended on it"

People who went to a US school perhaps, the rest of us are good.

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[AmiMoJo]

Whoosh.

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[phantomfive]

Are you saying that what happened in Portland is comparable to what happened in Hong Kong?

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[fenrif]

No he just takes any problem in the world and runs it though the far left extremist echo chamber to see whatever their take on it is and regurgitates it here.

People in Portland have spent 50 days straight trying to burn down a federal courthouse. But arresting them is fascist. Because orange man bad.

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[Cmdln Daco]

I am enthusiastic about cloth masks now. For a time I really resented having to wear a covid muzzle in stores. But this weekend I bought some bandannas. Now I feel like a bandit when I go into the store in my red bandanna.

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[phantomfive]

Yesssss.....embrace the dark side. Next thing you'll be getting your covid vaccine.

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[phantomfive]

Why do you think this is leading to WW3? We're talking about apps, and you brought up war.

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[backslashdot]

Because these rage-populist fueled actions are driving the world into nationalist isolationism which guaranteed leads to war. There is no other end game.Think about it, when you hate other countries and blame them for all your petty troubles where does that end up?

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[harvey the nerd]

The CCP has been at war-by-other-means for decades with the independent parts of the US.

Perhpas some of US thought CCP would mellow and China would "grow out of it", but mostly their influence, subversion and corruption tactics seem to have worked wonders, Bushes / Clintons congresscritters with unaccounted billions from CCP China etc, hang them all.

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[nospam007]

"Why do you think this is leading to WW3? We're talking about apps, and you brought up war."

Perhaps he wrote that because China and India shoot at each other or hit each other with rebar on the frontier every once in a while..

Re: WWIII

[junglee_iitk]

Not really though.

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[Scoldog]

We're probably headed to some sort of conflict in China due to the Chinese Gov laying claim to the South China Sea and getting in confrontations with foreign military and civilians in that area. https://theconversation.com/ex... [theconversation.com]

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[scilover]

this is so accurate. I mean people thought that only old people gonna dying of this COVID thingy. Yet they still prefer to label themselves immortal and won't die of the COVID while walking NOT WEARING MASK. How can they have this kind of mentality or what we called it selfish kind of mentality? JUST because of a certain group everyone is at risk. haihhhh. :')

Good. Fuck China.

[Pierre Pants]

and fuck Chinese "apps", and fuck anyone who wants to talk about "fucking" in a response.

new app holes

[inode_buddha]

I just realized that goatse has been around longer than most new /. posters

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[backslashdot]

Where do you think they came from?

Google?

[Gabest]

Apps that are uploaded to the store should be scanned and banned if they break the TOS. Or could it be India is banning apps with no reason?

Every country should do the same

[Nocturrne]

All Chinese apps and network devices are hostile - ban them all.

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[AmiMoJo]

Same with American apps and network devices. They are all compromised by the NSA, all trying to steal your personal data and violate your privacy. Ban them all.

India/West should deny all, and then allow only

[WindBourne]

checked apps. Seriously, Android and IOS need to do a better job on stopping the spying that is going on. Easiest way is to stop all of these from China, North Korea, Russia, etc and then simply allow those that submit source code to be checked, compiled, re-checked, and then allowed on the stores.
Those who do the checking/compilation/etc need to be security ppl and not coders out to steal from them.

Re:India/West should deny all, and then allow only

[ChunderDownunder]

Why does AliExpress, an e-commerce site, even need an app when a website would suffice?

That goes for many 'western' apps too mind you.

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[drinkypoo]

Because users demand an app when a website would suffice.

Many if not most site apps are little more than a browser wrapper anyway. Maybe they have dedicated buttons for cart and front page.

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[AmiMoJo]

Same reason eBay and Amazon do: so they can take data from your phone and spam you with notifications.

Balancing the ease of use of their mobile sites with the minimal benefits of using their apps is a key part of their business strategy. They don't want mobile site users to not buy stuff, but they also want to herd them towards the app.

FWIW the AliExpress web site, especially the mobile version, is awful.

It's A Shell Game. Where Is The Ball?

[zenlessyank]

India and China will soon become allies and no one can stop it.

The U.S. has been working on this relationship for a looong time.

Everything else has been a lie or distraction to fool the world, and it has so far worked flawlessly.

Nothing is as it seems.

Disgusting

[cowboys1265]

China is a fucking piece of shit country, instead of worrying about Mexican immigrants, that douche in the white house should be worried about the influx of CHINESE immigrants that come here every single day! They are a disgusting people! They only care about making a dime, whether it hurts others or not. I ran a flavor and fragrance business for a chinese woman and she would constantly have dangerous, hazardous chemicals shipped into this country not properly labeled. When i voiced my concerns to her, she

Not surprising

[slashmydots]

Some say it's political but honestly the Chinese will historically spy on anything with anything anywhere any time so its not completely unfounded. Btw they should ban Aliexpress just for being Aliexpress.