Digital Safety

WeChat Security in China Is Less Glamorous Than It Sounds — and More Important For an American student arriving in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, or a university town where nearly everything runs through a QR code, WeChat can feel like a Swiss Army knife with a green logo. You use it to message classmates, pay for lunch, receive apartment notices, join a study group, book a haircut, and find out where the weekend basketball game moved after somebody changed the venue at the last minute. ...

WeChat Spying: The Part Nobody Likes to Say Out Loud If you’re a U.S. student in China, a new arrival, or just someone trying to get life moving without stepping on a rake, WeChat can feel like both the front door and the hallway light. It’s how people chat, pay, book, share, ask, and get things done. That convenience is great until the words “wechat spying” start floating around and everyone suddenly wonders: what exactly is being watched, by whom, and how much of everyday life is actually exposed? ...