Our Indian Government has released a list of names 42 apps which are accessible by both Android and iOS, which are said to be ‘Chinese Spyware’ by intelligence agencies.

A total of 42 apps on both smartphone platforms are reportedly sending the user’s data back to servers in China, and have the potential to carry out cyber attacks against Indians. The agencies have even advised the Indian armed forces to ensure these apps aren’t used by officers.

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The list of the applications which are said to be spyware:

1. Weibo,
2. WeChat,
3. SHAREit,
4. Truecaller,
5. UC News,
6. UC Browser,
7. BeautyPlus,
8. NewsDog,
9. VivaVideo- QU Video Inc,
10. Parallel Space,
11. APUS Browser,
12. Perfect Corp,
13. Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab),
14. CM Browser,
15. Mi Community,
16. DU recorder,
17. Vault-Hide,
18. YouCam Makeup,
19. Mi Store,
20. CacheClear DU apps studio,
21. DU Battery Saver,
22. DU Cleaner,
23. DU Privacy,
24. 360 Security,
25. DU Browser,
26. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile,
27. Baidu Translate,
28. Baidu Map,
29. Wonder Camera,
30. ES File Explorer
31. Photo Wonder,
32. QQ International,
33. QQ Music,
34. QQ Mail,
35. QQ Player,
36. QQ NewsFeed,
37. WeSync,
38. QQ Security Centre,
39. SelfieCity,
40. Mail Master,
41. Mi Video call-Xiaomi,
42. QQ Launcher

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Apparently, One major application, Truecaller has given a clarification regarding the accusation. “In response to certain reports, we would like to clarify that we are a Sweden based company,” the app developer said. “We are not sure why the app is on this list, but we’re investigating. Truecaller is not a malware, and all our features are permission based and are disabled by default.”