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• @gruber John Gruber on x

  This seems like a HUGE correction. Does anyone have a copy of the original version of this report? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @privacymatters Privacy Matters on x

  The Chinese Communist Party appears to have “superuser” access to the entire data on more than 100 million Android-based cellphones through a back door in a propaganda app that the government has been promoting aggressively this year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @malwarejake Jake Williams on x

  An Android application on Xi's ideology promoted by the Chinese government gives backdoor access to the device. The fact that an application that's basically used for education contains heavy obfuscation at all is a concern in and of itself. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... ht…

• @janjekielek Jan Jekielek on x

  “An examination of the code in the app shows it enables authorities to retrieve *every message and photo* from a user's phone, *browse their contacts* and Internet history, and *activate an audio recorder* inside the device” by @annafifield (emphasis mine) https://www.washingtonp…

• @tanvi_madan Tanvi Madan on x

  Trust us, say Chinese “private” companies, we have nothing to do with the state or party 🙄 https://twitter.com/...

• @hardmaru @hardmaru on x

  Chinese educational app “Study the Great Nation” gave the government superuser access to 100M devices. The app was created by Communist Party's Propaganda Department and Alibaba to let users study Party Ideology. It was the most downloaded app in China. https://www.washingtonpost…

• @jotted Alexandra Stevenson on x

  Xi's “Study the Great Nation” app that the party pushed aggressively (party & workplaces mandate study sessions, journalists in exchange for press passes) appears to give the CCP “superuser” access to all data on more than 100m mobile phones https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @adrianzenz Adrian Zenz on x

  WOW! The Xi Jinping Thought study app gives the CCP superuser (root) access to your entire phone, allowing it to spy on your entire communication. It can even remotely activate audio recording! This was discovered by a German cybersecurity firm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ..…

• @byjacobward Jacob Ward on x

  Authorities can “access and take photos and videos, transmit the user's location, activate audio recording, dial phone numbers and trawl through the user's contacts and Internet activity, as well as retrieve information from 960 other applications.” https://www.washingtonpost.com…

• @jonstahl Jon Stahl on x

  How on earth did this get through the Apple review process? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @robby525 Robby Scharf on x

  Great. You just know that #Trump has got #AGBarr on this to find out how fast this app can be implemented in the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @timdoddedu Tim Dodd on x

  China's official study app for Xi Jinping thought appears to give the Communist Party a back door into the contents of the 100 million or so devices it's been downloaded to. And activate the audio recorder. What do you think #apple? #pooh https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @psimpsonmorgan Peter Morgan on x

  Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says - The Washington Post. Journalist testing begins this month, good luck to all concerned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @cpurdy @cpurdy on x

  Well, at least this could never happen in the US, right? Right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @nerysinchina Nerys Avery on x

  Bloody hell: An examination of the code in the app shows it enables authorities to retrieve every message and photo from a user's phone, browse their contacts and Internet history, and activate an audio recorder inside the device, according to a U.S.-funded analysis. https://twit…

• @niubi Bill Bishop on x

  Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says - The Washington Post -built by alibaba no? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...