--- title: Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices description: Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The decision is based on a risk-based... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/canada-bans-wechat-and-kaspersky-apps-on-government-devices-0pybcjb2q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices | daily.dev og:description: Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The decision is based on a risk-based... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/canada-bans-wechat-and-kaspersky-apps-on-government-devices-0pybcjb2q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0pYBCJB2Q.png og:image:alt: Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices 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 WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Canada has banned the use of WeChat and Kaspersky apps on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The decision is based on a risk-based approach to cybersecurity and aims to protect government information and networks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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