Also, users who already have the app on their desktops can continue to use it. The rationale behind is that since mobile apps are hosted on Google’s PlayStore and Apple’s App Store servers instead of the servers where the desktop versions are hosted, they have been termed safe. Ironically, the mobile app has not been banned. So they are endangering their own citizens with this ban'.Īlso Read | 'Remove China Apps': Tool to delete Chinese apps from phone goes viral in India He also added a word of caution saying that the ban will push Indian citizens to “shady websites that are running hacked version of VLC. Kempf says the ban is purely a misunderstanding of the Chinese security issue. Symantec, a cyber security research firm says that it has found victims of the same in India, Canada, Israel and several other countries. Cicada, a hacking group that is allegedly backed by the Chinese government, uses VLC Media Player to deploy malicious malware. However, it has a Chinese connection though. So the VLC app itself doesn't come from China and is an open source software from a France-based group. The VLC website,, has been blocked by the government on Windows systems and you will get a message saying that 'the site cannot be reached'.

So why is that the case? Are some ISP not listening to the government?” he added. VLC has a feature that can make the audio seem louder than other players. “The weirdest is that some ISPs are blocking it and some are not. The warranty remains valid on the other parts of the laptop.

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