WeChat 微信更新隱私政策，用戶資料提交中國政府[/size=5]
2017.09.19
近期國外WeChat用戶在完成App更新後，跳出隱私政策更新的提示，用戶資料需遵循適用的法律與規則提交給中國政府，也等同於強迫用戶接受最新政策。
通訊軟體微信（WeChat）月活躍用戶數已接近10億，是中國最受歡迎的網路服務之一。不過，近日國外媒體引述用戶截圖，WeChat跳出隱私政策更新的提示，用戶資料需提交給中國政府。
媒體Epoch Times報導指出，近期國外WeChat用戶在完成App更新後，跳出隱私政策更新的提示，用戶資料需遵循適用的法律與規則（applicable laws or regulations）提交給中國政府，也等同於強迫用戶接受最新政策。
在更新後的隱私政策聲明提及，不僅用戶輸入的文字訊息會被WeChat蒐集，還包括在WeChat上搜尋與查看的資訊、聊天的對象與時間等，該公司將有權保存或披露這些數據資料。
You get #privacy policy prompt when you update to the latest #wechat version pic.twitter.com/2mK9AtoZBA
— Lotus Ruan (@lotus_ruan) 2017年9月13日
Twitter 用戶@lotus_ruan的WeChat提示截圖。
截至2017年6月底，WeChat月活躍用戶數達到9.63億，但在用戶隱私與安全保護方面飽受批評，部分用戶更認為WeChat的成功發展，歸功於母公司騰訊與中國政府的密切合作，並在應用程式中實施資訊審查與監督機制。
中國以維護國家安全為前提，建立一套網路審查制度，當網路社群出現敏感字眼，即啟動關鍵字過濾，甚至限制通訊軟體無法傳送帶有相關字詞的訊息。
原文：
https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/46222/wechat-admits-it-gives-all-private-user-data-to-chinese-government
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WeChat confirms that it makes all private user data available to the Chinese government[/size=5]
Sep 19, 2017
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Moneycontrol News
WeChat has confirmed what has been rumoured all along i.e. it gives all user information to the Chinese government. The popular app in a privacy statement is now informing the users that virtually all the private user information will be disclosed to the authorities.
WeChat, owned by the Chinese firm Tencent, is a messaging app similar to the WhatsApp. With over 662 million users, the app, besides being the dominant messaging app in China, it is one of the largest in the world.
The app is also infamous for its links with the Chinese regime. A 2016 survey by Amnesty International ranked it lowest among popular messaging apps with regard to privacy protection of its users.
The information that nearly all the private data in the app is accessible to the Chinese regime became evident when the users tried to avail the latest update.
Users are required to accept the privacy policy to get the update. The reading of this new privacy policy brings to the light that the app will share a large volume of data it has with the Chinese regime in order to comply with the ‘applicable laws or regulations.’
As the app stores a large amount of personal data including contacts and any information searched online while using the app, this would mean a bulk of individuals' private information will be accessible to the regime.
Of late the Chinese government has been aggressively following a policy to bring all online activities under its domain. It had recently blocked WhatsApp in the country as part of a strategy to eliminate few remaining platforms available to countrymen beyond the official control.
Beijing had also recently announced regulations that mandated that WeChat users will be liable and persecuted for any information posted in the group that the government considered as objectionable.
Source：
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/wechat-confirms-that-it-makes-all-private-user-data-available-to-the-chinese-government-2391847.html/news/business/companies/wechat-confirms-that-it-makes-all-private-user-data-available-to-the-chinese-government-2391847.html |  0 02017/09/23, 8:41:02 晚上 |
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