Source: Tech – South China Morning PostChinese tech giant Tencent Holdings cited data privacy risks after its request to remove open-source WeChat export tools from GitHub sparked an online backlash.
Some of the projects claiming access to WeChat chat records have used reverse engineering, among other techniques, to crack local database keys, bypassing the app’s encryption mechanisms, according to Tencent.
“These actions compromise user privacy and data security and could be exploited by malicious actors,” Tencent said in a statement…Read More