The outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed this Tuesday, January 5, 2021 a decree what prohibits the transactions with eight computer applications paid chineseincluding Alipay, WeChat Pay, and OO Wallet.
The ban, which also affects CamScanner, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office applications, is aimed at limit the threat of chinese computer applications with the ability to access, through smartphones, tablets or computers, to sensitive data of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
“This data collection threatens to provide the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party with access to personal and proprietary information of Americans, thereby allowing China track back the Location of the employees and contractors federal “, reads the decree signed by Trump.
He veto It will take effect within 45 days – when Trump has already left power – and will affect any transaction through those applications with people or properties subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.
China’s efforts to steal data from Americans show that country’s intention to use it “to promote its economic security agenda and national“he adds.
He decree mention several cyber intrusions attributed to China in recent years they compromised the data of millions of Americans, including one from the Chinese military to the company Equifax in 2017, it affected the personal information of nearly half of all Americans.
“The United States must take aggressive action against those who develop or control Applications of software connected in China to protect our national security, “Trump said in the text of his executive order.
This decision increases tensions with China on the eve of next January 20 Trump has to hand over the Presidency to the Democrat Joe Biden, winner of the elections last November.
The United States has repeatedly accused China of being behind cyberattacks against their companies or institutions, but their response has always been to deny it and affirm that it is precisely Washington that promotes the espionage against governments, companies or individuals of other countries.
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