India, bans 54 Chinese apps in 2022 :- According to top sources Ministry of Information and Technology, the govt of India has banned 54 chinese apps that ” pose to threat to national security”.
According to the sources, these 54 chinese apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collect sensitive user data. The collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in a hostile country. it includes Garena Free Fire, which is a battle royale game owned by Singapore-based Sea Ltd.
The government had initially blocked 59 apps on June 29, 2020 followed by 47 related/cloning apps on August 10, 2020 and 118 apps were blocked on September 1, 2020. Another 43 apps were blocked on November 19, 2020. Now 54 apps on 14 February, 2022.
Here is the full list of banned apps in 2022 :
1. Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
2. Beauty Camera Selfie Camera
3. Equalizer Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer
4. Music Player- Music.Mp3 Player
5. Equalizer & Bass Booster Music Volume EQ
6. Music Plus MP3 Player
7. CamCard for SalesForce Ent
8. Video Player Media All Format
9. Music Player Equalizer & MP3
10. Volume Booster Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
11. Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
12. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
13. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
14. Equalizer Pro Volume Booster & Bass Booster
15. APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
16.Music Player MP3 Player
17. Viva Video Editor Snack Video Maker with Music
18. Nice video baidu
19. Tencent Xriver
20. AppLock
21. Onmyoji Arena
22. MP3 Cutter Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
23. Dual Space 64Bit Support
24. Dual Space Pro Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
25. DualSpace Lite 32Bit Support
26. Dual Space 32Bit Support
27. Dual Space Lite Multiple Accounts & Clone App
28. Dual Space Pro 32Bit Support
29. Conquer Online MMORPG Game
30. Conquer Online Il
31. Onmyoji Chess
32. Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
33. Live Weather & Radar Alerts
34. Astracraft
35. Barcode Scanner QR Code Scan
36. Lica Cam selfie camera app
37. EVE Echoes
38. Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
39. UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping
40. Extraordinary Ones
41. Twilight Pioneers
42. Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
43. Badlanders
44. CuteU: Match With The World
45. Small World-Enjoy groupchat and video chat
46. CuteU Pro
47. Real Lite -video to live
48. Real: Go Live. Make Friends
49. MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
50. FancvU Video Chat & Meetup
51. Wink: Connect Now
52. FunChat Meet People Around You
53. FancyU pro Instant Meetup through Video chat!
54. Garena Free Fire Illuminate