Has Vancouver banned WeChat on civic mobile devices?


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This is not the first time that Vancouver city hall has taken its time to follow the lead of the federal government on a cybersecurity issue. Vancouver city hall is taking its time to ban the WeChat app from civic devices. Associate director of communications Angela MacKenzie said a review of the Technology Acceptable Use policy is over and “we will follow the lead of the Government of Canada regarding WeChat and Kaspersky apps for city-issued mobile devices. This will take effect as of next week.” Pressed further, MacKenzie said the deadline is Nov. 15 — more than two weeks...