Apple removes Chinese keyboard encryption app that dodged censorshipThe app BOOM was created to encrypt messages using emojis, Japanese Korean alphabets and even different sentences.
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Apple has removed a keyboard encryption app from its China App Store.
The app used tools like emojis to scramble messages and protect users from censorship.
The app has been removed because it contains "content that is illegal in China".
A Chinese keyboard app created to dodge censorship has been removed from the App Store by Apple.
As reported by Quartz:
Apple yesterday removed Boom the Encryption Keyboard, an app that allowed Chinese internet users to bypass censorship, from the China app store, according to its developer.
Wang Huiyu, a New York-based Chinese citizen in his 20s, told Quartz that he developed Boom together with one of his university classmates during the outbreak of the coronavirus. Part of the motivation for Wang to develop the app, which went live on Feb. 15, was to offer people a chance to counter rigid online s...
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Apple removes Chinese keyboard encryption app that dodged censorship
