Submission + - Tencent's WeChat dubbed threat to national security by security researchers (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: Mobile apps security researchers have claimed that WeChat, a messaging app developed by Tencent, is a threat to national security as China could be potentially spying on Indian citizens as well as all users across the globe. According to Jiten Jain and Abhay Agarwal, who presented their findings at The Hackers Conference in New Delhi, India, the free messaging app doesn't employ the best of encryption and security technologies, which leaves personal information of its users vulnerable to theft. To prove their point the researchers went onto demonstrate the ease with which the messages sent using WeChat can be decrypted and logged, indirectly indicating that service providers as well foreign governments could be doing the same thing for spying and surveillance purposes.
