Collect information in violation of regulations! Xunfei Sogou and other input methods were removed from the entire network

2021/06/1122:49:42 technology 423

Recently, some netizens discovered that Xunfei, QQ, Sogou and other well-known input method APPs disappeared in major application stores, including Android and iOS platforms.

Collect information in violation of regulations! Xunfei Sogou and other input methods were removed from the entire network - DayDayNews

(A certain app store has been unable to find related applications)

In response to this, iFLYTEK responded that the iFLYTEK input method APP did not meet the rectification requirements of the Cyberspace Administration of the People's Republic of China on May 1st on the notification of violations of personal information collection. , was removed from the app store. The specific reasons for

are:

1, iFLYTEK input Pharaoh version upgrade to the latest version 10.0.20, the old version of Pinyin cloud input setting options are still used, and no pop-up window prompts the user to choose whether to turn it on;

2, the user is in iFLYTEK input method 10.0. In version 20, after selecting the close function in the pinyin cloud input pop-up prompt, a second pop-up window appears asking the user to confirm.

Collect information in violation of regulations! Xunfei Sogou and other input methods were removed from the entire network - DayDayNews

It is reported that the Cyberspace Administration of China did issue a relevant notice on May 1. The three input methods of iFLYTEK, QQ, and Sogou, which were recently removed from the shelves, were all due to "violating the principle of necessity and collecting personal information unrelated to the services they provide." ” among other reasons.

At that time, the rectification period given in the notification was 10 working days, which has long been exceeded.

Collect information in violation of regulations! Xunfei Sogou and other input methods were removed from the entire network - DayDayNews

iFLYTEK said that as of June 11, the iFLYTEK input method APP has completed the rectification and is cooperating with relevant departments to test and re-launch it after ensuring compliance.

QQ input method and Sogou input method have not yet responded to this matter.

It seems that it is necessary to strengthen supervision!

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