加拿大宣布禁用微信和卡巴斯基APP

Canada on Monday announced a ban on the use of apps from Tencent and Kaspersky on government mobile devices, citing an "unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security."

加拿大星期一宣布，禁止在政府移动设备上使用腾讯和卡巴斯基的应用程序，理由是对隐私和安全构成了不可接受的风险。

"The Government of Canada is committed to keeping government information and networks secure," the Canadian government said. "We regularly monitor potential threats and take immediate action to address risks."

加拿大政府表示："加拿大政府致力于确保政府信息和网络的安全。我们定期监测潜在威胁并立即采取行动来解决风险问题。"

To that end, Tencent's WeChat and Kaspersky's suite of applications have been removed from government-issued mobile devices effective October 30, 2023. Going forward, users of these devices will be blocked from downloading the apps.

因此，自2023年10月30日起，政府发行的移动设备上已删除了腾讯的微信和卡巴斯基的应用程序。未来，这些设备的用户将无法下载这些应用程序。

"We are taking a risk-based approach to cyber security by removing access to these applications on government mobile devices," Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board, said in a statement, adding the apps "provide considerable access to the device's contents."

国库部主席安妮塔·安德森在一份声明中表示："我们正在采取基于风险的方法来处理政府移动设备上的这些应用程序，"并补充说这些应用程序"可以访问设备的大量内容。"

WeChat is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. The all-in-one app has over 1 billion monthly active users, making it one of the largest online platforms.

微信是腾讯开发的一款中国即时通讯、社交媒体和移动支付应用程序。这款多合一应用拥有超过10亿月活跃用户，是最大的在线平台之一。

Kaspersky, a Russian cybersecurity vendor, said the prohibition seems to be made on political grounds and that the actions are "highly unsupported and a response to the geopolitical climate rather than a comprehensive evaluation of the integrity of Kaspersky's products and services."

俄罗斯网络安全供应商卡巴斯基表示，这一禁令似乎是基于政治原因制定的，行动"高度不支持，是对地缘政治氛围而非对卡巴斯基产品和服务完整性的综合评估的回应。"

The move comes after Canada banned ByteDance-owned TikTok from government devices on similar grounds in February 2023. Previously in March 2022, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Kaspersky to the "Covered List" of companies that pose an "unacceptable risk to the national security" of the country.

在2023年2月，加拿大以类似的原因禁止了字节跳动旗下的TikTok应用程序。此前，2022年3月，美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）将卡巴斯基列入"覆盖清单"，认为该公司对国家安全构成"不可接受的风险"。

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