Guangdong Information Management Bureau removed 8 illegal and harmful apps such as "Hui Chat" and 20 1 items such as "Tiantian Chess and Cards", and ordered rectification.
China Net Science and Technology 65438+1October 13 News The Guangdong Provincial Communications Administration recently announced the special rectification work of App from June165438+1October to February 2020. * * Monitoring found that 20 1 App infringed on users' rights and security risks, ordered the App to run within a time limit and notified the application stores to urge the rectification; According to the written opinions of relevant departments, investigate and shut down the network services of eight illegal and harmful apps, such as Huicha, Fuyou.com and Yiyi Live, and notify relevant app stores to take them off the shelves.
This batch of 20 1 app infringing on users' rights and potential safety hazards was ordered to rectify, including 30 games, 30 finance, 26 tools, life service 19, social chat 18, shopping 17 and music video 15.
The typical manifestations of this batch of Apps infringing on users' rights and interests are: first, the purpose, method and scope of collecting and using personal information by the third-party SDK integrated by the app are not listed one by one in the publicity texts such as privacy policy (146, accounting for 72.6%); second, the app starts to collect personal information or requests the relevant rights of the terminal without informing the privacy policy through the pop-up window and obtaining the consent of the user (79,39.3%). Third, when the user is not using related functions or services, the App applies for permission to open the address book, location, SMS, recording, camera and so on. Advance (5 1, accounting for 25.4%). Fourth, the functions of account cancellation, deletion, correction of personal information or undisclosed complaint reporting methods were not provided as required (49, accounting for 24.4%). The hidden problems of data security mainly include Janus signature mechanism vulnerability, hidden interface vulnerability of Webview system that does not remove risks, interface hijacking security, key hard coding vulnerability, Java code decompilation risk and so on.
Eight illegal and harmful apps that have been shut down have been investigated and dealt with. Four apps such as Hui Chat, Hu Hui and Hui Chen Wenjing have been identified as illegal propaganda, guidance or foreign exchange deposit transactions by the foreign exchange administration department. The "Fuyou.com" app has been identified by the financial department as illegal use of the Internet to sell lottery tickets, and it is suspected of engaging in online gambling activities. Three apps such as "Yi Yi Live", "Lemon" and "Volcano Reading" have been identified as spreading obscenity and pornography by the online information department.