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eloisius on March 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: America’s online privacy problems are much bigger ...

I think that threat was more specific to Chinese-Americans who use the app to stay in touch with family

ridgered4 on March 24, 2023 [–]

That doesn't sound like something that powerful US corporations are that worried about so I'm surprised we talked about it at all.

kevin_thibedeau on March 25, 2023 | [–]

It's a national security threat. WeChat is used to manipulate Chinese Americans in sensitive positions.

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