Can we stop with argumentative and ultimately pointless comparison between the US and China.
For me what's astounding is:
"Lastly, nothing is transmitted from the individuals device to the receiving server over HTTPS — all in plaintext via HTTP — and updates are unsigned.
This means all the data the app collects is transmitted to the unknown entity on the receiving end in a way that allows someone with a trivial amount of technical knowledge to intercept and potentially manipulate" [0]
Is there any reason besides incompetence why the apps developers would do this?
For me what's astounding is:
"Lastly, nothing is transmitted from the individuals device to the receiving server over HTTPS — all in plaintext via HTTP — and updates are unsigned. This means all the data the app collects is transmitted to the unknown entity on the receiving end in a way that allows someone with a trivial amount of technical knowledge to intercept and potentially manipulate" [0]
Is there any reason besides incompetence why the apps developers would do this?
[0] https://www.opentech.fund/news/app-targeting-uyghur-populati...
Edited: formatting