• Indian intelligence agencies have asked the government to block or advise people to stop use of 52 mobile applications linked to China over concerns that these weren’t safe and ended up extracting a large amount of data outside India, people familiar with the development.
• The list of applications sent by the security establishment to the government include video conferencing app Zoom, short-video app TikTok, and other utility and content apps such as UC browser, Xender, SHAREit and Clean-master.

List of 52 Mobile Apps

• TikTok, Vault-Hide, Vigo Video, Bigo Live, Weibo
• WeChat, SHAREit, UC News, UC Browser
• BeautyPlus, Xender, ClubFactory, Helo, LIKE
• Kwai, ROMWE, SHEIN, NewsDog, Photo Wonder
• APUS Browser, VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
• Perfect Corp, CM Browser, Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
• 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, Parallel Space