More than two million People’s Liberation Army soldiers have been warned not to use food-ordering apps by an official military newspaper.
The article cites the folly of a low-ranking officer identified only as ‘Little Zhang,’ who not only exposed his identity by using an unidentified food-ordering app, but showed the delivery man where the barracks were.
Articles in late 2016 also warned against using WeChat to discuss military matters and even advised against sending red envelopes, as they ‘may hurt relationships among soldiers.’
Food apps aren’t the first software to come into the crosshairs, with (almost) worldwide hit Pokemon Go accused of being a foreign weapon online and Reuters later reporting that the game wouldn’t be available in the Chinese mainland due to a ‘threat to geographical information security.’
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Pokemon references aside, personal information is absurdly easy to buy online in China, with even apparent government-collected information up for sale. Food apps could be used to collect the names, locations and passwords of military personnel – and who knows where it would go after that?
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