--- title: Canada Bans Kaspersky, WeChat On Govt Devices Suspecting... description: The Government of Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government devices due to privacy risks. The ban went into effect on October 30,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/canada-bans-kaspersky-wechat-on-govt-devices-suspecting-spying-kyi354hts twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Canada Bans Kaspersky, WeChat On Govt Devices Suspecting Spying | daily.dev og:description: The Government of Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government devices due to privacy risks. The ban went into effect on October 30,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/canada-bans-kaspersky-wechat-on-govt-devices-suspecting-spying-kyi354hts og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Kyi354HTs.png og:image:alt: Canada Bans Kaspersky, WeChat On Govt Devices Suspecting Spying og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Canada Bans Kaspersky, WeChat On Govt Devices Suspecting Spying **[Latest Hacking News](https://daily.dev/sources/lhn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Government of Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government devices due to privacy risks. The ban went into effect on October 30, 2023, and the apps have been removed from all devices where they were installed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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