Canada bans installation of Kaspersky and WeChat on government devices
Canada has banned the use of Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian Kaspersky Lab antivirus software on government mobile devices. This is due to concerns about privacy and security risks. The statement was made by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat after Canada's Information Technology Agency determined that "a suite of WeChat and Kaspersky applications pose an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and […]