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Japan to probe messaging app Line after reports it let Chinese engineers access user data
FILE PHOTO: The logo of free messaging app Line is pictured on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo, Japan September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
17 Mar 2021 05:15PM (Updated:
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TOKYO: The Japanese government said on Wednesday (Mar 17) it would investigate messaging app Line after Japanese media reported that Line, owned by SoftBank Corp s Z Holdings Corp, let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate access the data of Japanese users without informing them.
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