54 more Chinese apps banned by Government
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued another ban on Chinese-origin apps, highlighting that these apps pose a “threat to India’s security” as the border tension continues.
This order reportedly targets apps run by the Chinese tech giants Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, and apparently includes “rebranded” versions of apps that have already been banned in past orders.
Garena Free Fire, a massively popular first-person shooter game, is among the apps banned. The game listing is indeed gone from app marketplaces. While the Illuminate version got removed earlier itself, the Max version is still there on Google Play Store. It is quite possible that Google will take it down too, very soon.
“These 54 apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collects sensitive user data. These collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in hostile country,” the ministry said in a statement.
The apps that are confirmed to be banned by the government include:
· Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
· Beauty Camera - Selfie Camera
· Equalizer — Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer
· Music Player- Music, Mp3 Player
· Equalizer & Bass Booster - Music Volume EQ
· Music Plus - MP3 Player
· Equalizer Pro - Volume Booster & Bass Booster
· Video Player Media All Format
· Music Player - Equalizer & MP3
· Volume Booster - Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
· Music Player - MP3 Player
· CamCard for SalesForce Ent
· Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
· Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
· APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
· Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
· Viva Video Editor - Snack Video Maker with Music
· Nice video baidu
· Tencent Xriver
· Onmyoji Chess
· Onmyoji Arena
· AppLock
· Dual Space Lite - Multiple Accounts & Clone App
· Dual Space Pro - Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
· DualSpace Lite - 32Bit Support
· Dual Space - 32Bit Support
· Dual Space - 64Bit Support
· Dual Space Pro - 32Bit Support
· Conquer Online - MMORPG Game
· Conquer Online Il
· Live Weather & Radar – Alerts
· Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
· MP3 Cutter - Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
· Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
· Barcode Scanner - QR Code Scan
· Lica Cam - selfie camera app
· EVE Echoes
· Astracraft
· U Game Booster-network solution for high ping
· Extraordinary Ones
· Badlanders
· Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
· Twilight Pioneers
· Cute: Match With The World
· SmallWorld-Enjoy group chat and video chat
· CuteU Pro
· FancyU - Video Chat & Meetup
· RealU: Go Live, Make Friends
· MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
· RealU Lite -video to live!
· Wink: Connect Now
· FunChat Meet People Around You
· FancyU pro - Instant Meetup through Video
· Garena Free Fire- Illuminate
Starting with TikTok in 2020, the government had blocked over 200 apps as an apparent result of skirmishes between India and China along border areas that started around that time.
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