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WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

China blocks WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party congress

Chinese authorities appear to have disrupted WhatsApp in the latest step to tighten censorship ahead of Communist Party...

26 Sept 2017 9:50 AM IST

People say prayers and light candles at a vigil along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. - Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on June 4 to commemorate Chinas deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. (Photo | AFP)

Now you know why Zoom is accused of being a China stooge

Zoom accounts of activists in the US and Hong Kong have been suspended before meeting ahead of anniversary of Beijing's...

11 Jun 2020 7:19 PM IST

The important Chinese market, which is very restrictive for foreign firms, represents a drop in the ocean of Microsofts business, accounting for barely 1.8 percent of its turnover, president Brad Smith said at the beginning of the year.

Here's how Microsoft entered and managed to stay in China

The software giant has kept its business alive in the country by complying with the strict local laws on censorship.

8 Aug 2020 5:04 PM IST

Google paid just 6.7 million euros in corporate taxes in 2015 in France by booking revenues for its online empire at its European subsidiary in low-tax Ireland. (photo: AFP)

Google reportedly making censored search engine for China, criticised

The search project, which works like a filter will reportedly blacklist terms about human rights, democracy, religion...

2 Aug 2018 1:19 PM IST

Do note that there are many paid VPN services that are also equally dangerous for use. Choose wisely.

In China's hotel lobbies, small gaps in 'Great Firewall' are closing

Regulators have warned firms providing internet networks for hotels to stop offering, or helping to install, virtual...

1 Aug 2017 9:31 PM IST

Tech giants Apple and Amazon, too, have moved to limit their customers access to VPNs in China in what has been seen as a voluntary move to get ahead of the impending crackdown. (Photo: AFP)

China's web users fear losing tools to bypass 'Great Firewall'

Beijing has for years turned a blind eye to these holes in its Great Firewall, but recent events suggest virtual tunnels...

7 Aug 2017 7:30 AM IST

As part of the study, 21 male and 23 female undergraduate students were shown imaginary Facebook messages in a Facebook format, revealing that their partners had been either emotionally or sexually unfaithful.(Representational image)

Facebook introduces photo-sharing app in China

The app, called Colorful Balloons, was launched in China earlier this year and does not carry Facebook's name.

14 Aug 2017 7:58 AM IST