One-third of the latest Chinese mobile apps banned by India are dating services


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The Chinese flag BCCL The Indian government has banned another 43 Chinese apps from operating in India. Fifteen of these apps are dating services. With tensions between India and China rising on the border, the quantum of dating apps banned reflects that the government may be wary of Indian Army soldiers or officials being ‘honey trapped’. Honey trapping is when agents from a foreign country pose a ‘pretty,young’ woman to seduce unsuspecting targets into inadvertently sharing confidential information. The Indian government has banned another 43 Chinese apps from operating in India. This is the fourth tranche of mobile apps that...