Indian App VS Chinese App

INDIAN App VS CHINESE App

The year 2020 has been taken for a rough start and we’ve seen a lot of extremely disappointing incidents. However, the concern of privacy from Chinese apps has been there for a very long time as experts have claimed that certain apps have misused or at least extracted data that can be private to most users. In very recent times, a lot of users have become more concerned about the dominance of Chinese apps in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

In recent times we’ve seen Mi Browser collecting search queries even in the incognito mode and sending them to China, similarly, we’ve seen TikTok being accused of sending Draft videos to servers in China. There have been many instances with one common issue: user data being sent to Chinese servers disregarding the privacy of users. Any data that is held in China is wide open to access by Chinese Authorities and this has sparked major concern among most users.

TikTok Alternative: ShareChat

TikTok has had many privacy issues in the past and it has been a major concern for many users. Recently, the US Senators also urged the FTC to investigate the wrongdoings of TikTok as they failed to remove videos of children under the age of 13. Apart from these multiple occurrences of blatant privacy violations, many users have become suspicious of apps that are based in China because of privacy concerns. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing based company, and has been accused of sharing user data with China in the past.
If you are looking for a made in India alternative, ShareChat is similar to TikTok, it is a social video platform and the company is based in India. Similar to TikTok, ShareChat allows you to create professional-looking videos and share them instantly. The app allows you to lip-sync, take up challenges, and create other music videos. The ShareChat app also allows users to communicate and interact with other users on the platform and supports more than 10 different languages. The app has crossed over 100 million downloads and is perhaps the best Indian alternative to TikTok.

Download sharechat== https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.mohalla.sharechat

UC Browser Alternative: Epic Web Browser

The famous UC Browser that came pre-installed on several smartphones is owned by Alibaba Group of China; it is one of the most popular web browsers across India. The app has been accused of several security and privacy issues in the past and the Citizen Lab even published a detailed study that showed the vast security vulnerabilities and privacy gaps within the app. The report concluded that a lot of personally identifiable information of its users was being sent to an Alibaba Analytics tool without any encryption.
While UC Browser released a new build quickly in an attempt to fix these issues,  a lot of them are still not fixed, even the Indian government alleged UC Browser for some data theft in 2017. The two best alternatives to UC Web Browser by Indian developers are Epic Web Browser and JioBrowser. The Epic Web Browser is a great Indian alternative to China’s popular UC Browser and is developed by a Bangalore based company called Hidden Reflex. The web browser comes with in-built virus protection for users giving it an edge over other browsers. JioBrowser is yet another popular Indian browser that offers a fast and secure surfing experience. Similar to the UC Browser. even Jio Browser provides users with news and entertainment content.

Download Epic Web browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epic.browser

Zoom Alternative: Jio Meet, Say Namaste

desi zoom alternative
While Zoom by itself is headquartered in California, the product development of Zoom mainly happens in China. China does not enforce strict data privacy laws and risks exposing the company to pressure and influence from the Chinese government. Recently Zoom was also seen routing non-Chinese calls through China server further sparking up more suspicion. If you are looking for a local desi alternative to Zoom then we have Jio Meet from Reliance Jio and Say Namaste from a private firm. There are several other international options including Google Meet and Cisco Webex but Say Namaste is the closest Indian alternative to the Zoom video conferencing app.

DiwnDown Jio meet
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jio.rilconferences





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