Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says - The Washington Post.
Journalist testing begins this month, good luck to all concerned. https://t.co/Vuy5U13of2

— Peter Morgan (@psimpsonmorgan) October 12, 2019

Xi's “Study the Great Nation" app that the party pushed aggressively (party & workplaces mandate study sessions, journalists in exchange for press passes) appears to give the CCP “superuser” access to all data on more than 100m mobile phones https://t.co/kOAacJ6l2J

— Alexandra Stevenson (@jotted) October 13, 2019

Bloody hell: An examination of the code in the app shows it enables authorities to retrieve every message and photo from a user’s phone, browse their contacts and Internet history, and activate an audio recorder inside the device, according to a U.S.-funded analysis. https://t.co/P7GTagwj3P

— Nerys Avery (@nerysinchina) October 12, 2019

"An examination of the code in the app shows it enables authorities to retrieve *every message and photo* from a user’s phone, *browse their contacts* and Internet history, and *activate an audio recorder* inside the device" by @annafifield (emphasis mine)https://t.co/puho6sBY7F

— Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) October 13, 2019

Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says - The Washington Post -built by alibaba no? https://t.co/Mv2dmOG7yV

— Bill Bishop (@niubi) October 12, 2019

An Android application on Xi's ideology promoted by the Chinese government gives backdoor access to the device. The fact that an application that's basically used for education contains heavy obfuscation at all is a concern in and of itself.https://t.co/n6lsTG9mYa pic.twitter.com/S87OmoJR87

— Jake Williams (@MalwareJake) October 14, 2019

China’s official study app for Xi Jinping thought appears to give the Communist Party a back door into the contents of the 100 million or so devices it’s been downloaded to. And activate the audio recorder. What do you think #apple? #pooh https://t.co/wxuvUaRq67

— Tim Dodd (@TimDoddEDU) October 13, 2019

How on earth did this get through the Apple review process? https://t.co/sKjewv77PR

— Jon Stahl (@jonstahl) October 12, 2019

The Chinese Communist Party appears to have “superuser” access to the entire data on more than 100 million Android-based cellphones through a back door in a propaganda app that the government has been promoting aggressively this year. https://t.co/7YAK59aJxz

— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) October 14, 2019

This seems like a HUGE correction. Does anyone have a copy of the original version of this report? https://t.co/GsWCnzb2uZ

— John Gruber (@gruber) October 14, 2019

Trust us, say Chinese "private" companies, we have nothing to do with the state or party ? https://t.co/Q9xgD4VKkL

— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) October 13, 2019

WOW! The Xi Jinping Thought study app gives the CCP superuser (root) access to your entire phone, allowing it to spy on your entire communication.
It can even remotely activate audio recording!
This was discovered by a German cybersecurity firm. https://t.co/Yk5jXbPktw

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) October 13, 2019

Great. You just know that #Trump has got #AGBarr on this to find out how fast this app can be implemented in the US.https://t.co/sOxCxrFERS

— Robby Scharf (@Robby525) October 12, 2019

Authorities can “access and take photos and videos, transmit the user’s location, activate audio recording, dial phone numbers and trawl through the user’s contacts and Internet activity, as well as retrieve information from 960 other applications.” https://t.co/W7og8atqEH

— Jacob Ward (@byjacobward) October 12, 2019

Chinese educational app “Study the Great Nation” gave the government superuser access to 100M devices.

The app was created by Communist Party’s Propaganda Department and Alibaba to let users study Party Ideology.

It was the most downloaded app in China.https://t.co/XDh3cM84m7 https://t.co/1vtNGO1AJ3

— hardmaru ? (@hardmaru) October 13, 2019

Well, at least this could never happen in the US, right?

Right?https://t.co/Yzbn4cEpUI

— cpurdy (@cpurdy) October 12, 2019

Security Brief: Chaos in Syria as Kurds Ally with Assad.U.S. withdrawal leaves Syrian Kurds turning toward Damascus for support against Turkey. https://t.co/6SHbqgoInL pic.twitter.com/froYcGFGnb

— R. Saddler ????? (@Politics_PR) October 14, 2019

Creepy and not surprising.... China's “Study the Great Nation” app, used by more than 100m people, incl reporters who can’t get a press pass without it, 'enables spying via back door' ⁦@BBCNews⁩ https://t.co/igm8mSZQdV

— Tim Ayliffe (@TimJAyliffe) October 14, 2019

China's Study The Great Nation App Enables Spying Via Back Door https://t.co/D2FGuq9CGU #news

— packet storm (@packet_storm) October 14, 2019

China's ‘Study the Great Nation’ app 'enables spying via back door'.

In other news, a bear has reportedly taken a dump in a local forest. https://t.co/q2837luNta

— ?????? ???? (@combat_boot) October 14, 2019

中共にスマホが乗っ取られる恐れがあるアプリとの事だが、そんなのが無くてもハッキングされてそう（´-`）.。oO

Xi's ideology app has 'backdoor' that could let Beijing snoop: Report https://t.co/gOpolpUc6x

— 椿ライン (@monteiro_rossi) October 14, 2019

Xi's ideology app has 'backdoor' that could let Beijing snoop: Report https://t.co/dZG8QWwn6b

— D.K.R. Boyd (@ReflectingMan) October 14, 2019

Chinese app pushing Xi's ideology has 'backdoor' that could let Beijing snoop on users, report says https://t.co/lnnlKxvERw

— CNBC Tech (@CNBCtech) October 14, 2019

중국의 'Study The Great Nation " 응용 프로그램은 "백도어를 통해 간첩질 https://t.co/vjCM17LwPR
• "중국 공산당" 책임자는 선전 앱의 백도어를 통해 1 억 개가 넘는 안드로이드 기반 휴대폰의 전체 데이터에 "슈퍼 유저"액세스 할 수 있는 것으로 보입니다.

— editoy (@editoy) October 15, 2019

And here BBC reveals how the CCP-developed Study the Great Nation app, gives the dictator super-user backdoor access to spy on more than 100 million users. I think the world should think twice about letting China into their communications infrastructure https://t.co/329LVVq1Kt

— Red is the new black? (@Redisthenewbla3) October 15, 2019

Spyware with "extensive logging" abilities. The app also weakened encryption, making it easy for a government to crack security ... and contains code resembling a back door, able to run arbitrary commands with super-user privileges https://t.co/K4imz10C4V

— Taz Daughtrey (@SecuringSystems) October 14, 2019

The Chinese Communist Party has gained the ability to spy on more than 100 million citizens via a heavily promoted official app, a report suggests.
https://t.co/gnkMzhA4sf

— Abdulla Tohti Arish (@Googoom1) October 14, 2019