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Maybe they corrected it, but for me it says the opposite. > Notably, VLC Media Player is not backed by a Chinese company. It is developed by VideoLAN, a Paris-
by p49k 4y ago
Maybe they corrected it, but for me it says the opposite.
> Notably, VLC Media Player is not backed by a Chinese company. It is developed by VideoLAN, a Paris-based firm.
- xNeil 4y agoThe article basically states that the reason the government banned it was because Chinese actors were using VideoLAN products (VLC) to deploy malware loaders onto citizens' devices. I don't understand why they banned videolan.org though. It's a French website, and I'd assume the Chinese actors were bundling malware when VLC was installed from another website and not videolan.org. Videolan.org is EXACTLY where VLC should be downloaded from to ensure the software you download is malware free - ironically, I'd expect banning the VLC website to increase VLC downloads from alternative sources, and thus increasing the possibility of the user downloading malware.
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoIt says > The reason behind blocking these apps is that the government feared these platforms were sending user data to China Maybe they have some CDN or some service in China?
- jbk 4y agoNone whatsoever.
- jbk 4y ago> It is developed by VideoLAN, a Paris-based firm. Non-profit, not firm.
- elkos 4y agoyou work and ethics have been an inspiration to many