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‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist

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The Guardian – UK
“‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist”

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army A new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army. ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based…

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The Guardian – World
“‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist”

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army A new messaging and payment “super app” marketed at British students uses servers owned by a Chinese company that has been put on a US military blacklist for its alleged affiliation to the People’s Liberation Army. ZyMix, which is being pushed on university campuses as the UK’s first super app designed “for gen Z”, combining chat, payments and community features, has a contract with a German-based…

Read at The Guardian – World
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