Indian intelligence agencies have red-flagged 52 Chinese apps to be banned in India. They asked the government to block the usage of the apps, which are extracting user data. These 52 Chinese apps are being a threat to national security.
52 Chinese apps red-flagged by Indian Intel agencies
The concern is raised because these applications end up extracting a huge amount of private data and are sent outside India. All the apps are so popular which are used by millions of people in India. The Chinese apps are TikTok, ShareIt, Xender, and many others.
All these apps are so popular among Indian users. The Indian security agencies have said that these apps are not safe.
Here is the list of popular apps which are asked to remove.
- Tiktok
- Bigo Live
- File Sharing app Shareit
- UC Browser mobile web browser
- Shein
- Clash of Kings
- Vault-Hide
- Vigo Video
- UC News
- Xender
- BeautyPlus
- ClubFactory
- Helo
- LIKE
- Kwai
- ROMWE
- NewsDog
- Photo Wonder
- APUS Browser
- VivaVideo
- Perfect Corp
- CM Browser
- Virus Cleaner
- Mi Community
- DU recorder
- YouCam Makeup
- Mi Store
- 360 Security
- DU Battery Saver
- DU Browser
- DU Cleaner
- DU Privacy
- Clean Master – Cheetah
- CacheClear DU apps studio
- Baidu Translate
- Baidu Map
- Wonder Camera
- ES File Explorer
- QQ International
- QQ Launcher
- QQ Security Centre
- QQ Player
- QQ Music
- QQ Mail
- QQ NewsFeed
- WeSync
- SelfieCity
- Clash of Kings
- Mail Master
- Mi Video call-Xiaomi
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According to the reports, the senior government official said that the National Security Council Secretariat supports the concern of banning these Chinese apps. The official said, “The discussions on the recommendations are continuing.”