Currently, this code only affects phones where users have installed software that gives them 'superuser' privileges. — dpa
A widely downloaded Chinese propaganda app that quizzes users on Communist Party heroes and military achievements may be "studying them right back" through data collection and potential security breaches, an Internet freedom campaign group says.
The app – called Xuexi Qiangguo or Study To Make China Strong – has accumulated 130 million users since its launch by the Communist Party's propaganda arm in January, according to state media in August.
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