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Tencent Patents New Technology to Hide and Encrypt Chat Conversations

Oğuz Çakır — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:24:08 +0000

Tencent is undoubtedly one of the largest technology companies in China and even the world. This tech giant operates in various fields, including the gaming industry. In fact, we recently mentioned that Tencent generated $200 million in revenue in September alone, primarily from PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings. Now, the company has been granted a patent for a new technology that enables users to conceal and encrypt their chat conversations. Here are the details…

Tencent Developing New Ways to Hide and Encrypt Chat Conversations

Tencent has been granted a patent for a new technology that allows users to hide and encrypt chat conversations. The patent, titled “Chat Conversation Display Method, Device, Terminal, and Storage Medium,” was granted on October 24. The patent describes a method for hiding chat conversations by moving them from the main chat interface to a hidden chat interface. To access the hidden chat interface, users must first enter a password. This two-step process helps to protect the privacy of sensitive conversations.

The patent also describes a method for encrypting chat conversations. This means that the conversations would be scrambled in such a way that only the user who knows the password would be able to read them. This would further protect the privacy of the conversations, even if someone were to gain access to the device.

Tencent has not yet announced when or if it plans to implement this technology in its products. However, the patent suggests that the company is interested in developing new ways to protect the privacy of its users’ communications.

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The US government will reportedly ban WeChat use in U.S. after Sunday night

Jed John Ikoba — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:49:25 +0000

The U.S government has reportedly concluded plans to ban the use of WeChat in the US from Sunday night. The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration to have disclosed that it will ban the use of the popular messaging and electronic payment app over national security and data privacy concerns.

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross disclosed in an interview on Fox Business Network that the decision was reached by the department after President Trump ordered his department to review the Chinese-owned app for national security concerns last month. He stated; “China has been taking all kinds of data…that’s what we’re trying to squelch.”

The Commerce Secretary also disclosed that a similar ban will be imposed on another Chinese-owned app TikTok by November 12. However, he noted that the Oracle deal was in the pipeline that would incorporate data safeguards which could enable U.S users to continue accessing TikTok.

Earlier in August, the Trump administration had passed an executive order to ban the WeChat app in the US. According to a Reuters report, the Tencent owned app saw a rise in downloads after the passage of the executive order. This is as a result of users rushed to install the application before it completely disappeared from the app stores in the country.

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Now you can officially Sue People Using WeChat In China

Michele Ingelido — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:36:21 +0000

WeChat is the most used messaging app and also the largest social network in China. With 980 million active users a month, the app powers the daily lives of a huge percent of the Chinese population, who use it for everything, from messaging to online payments and many other services. According to a new report, Tencent’s messaging app is now going to be used to allow people to file lawsuits.

It is actually possible to sue people electronically by using this app and do a lot more stuff with regards to the lawsuit directly from the app. For example, with WeChat, Beijing Court allows to submit documents, verify people’s identities, pay legal fees and more. All is performed through a prosecution service platform created by Beijing Haidian court and present inside Tencent’s app. The official website of China’s Supreme People’s Court explains that even though everything in this platform happens via the internet, the system is very safe.

Both facial recognition and ID card verification are used for an accurate identification process which will only allow a single person to access its data. Once the required documents are filed, the parties will receive a notice via WeChat. It seems that the new service available in WeChat will directly reach the official government department, simplifying the process to a great extent. Just to remind you, Tencent’s app is already used as an official virtual ID in a few provinces, so it is able to replace the traditional Chinese government ID card.

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Tencent introducing microblogging gaming platform

Rosgani — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 04:33:23 +0000

Tencent is the largest Internet company from China, Tencent spread to global market through WeChat apps, the Instant messaging services that available for any platform.

And after a long wait, Tencent has started to promote micro-channel gaming platform. Micro-channel “Game Center” that was place at Discover tab, the first on-line game has been available such as “Craz3 Match”, “Gunz Dash”, and “2Day’s Match”.

Of course, as a social gaming platform, you can not only play the game for yourself, the game platform is also available to invite friends to join and expand the game experience.

Last year in August, Tencent has launch Game Center platform. In November, WeChat Game Center taking the pace of its overseas deployments in Hong Kong.

Even in China, Tencent and QQ has gained great success and those two micro-channel platforms has got a huge user base. Through these two platforms released 5 games in the three months to gather the 570 million registered users.

Of course, in the face of pleasing figures, it is necessary to maintain proper restraint and calm. According to a recent report from a recent report from Chinese Android app Store Wandoujia – which Monitors Trends in China’s Mobile Market based on its downloads – Noted that WePop , a game that SHOT to Popularity via WeChat, plummeted from its peak within One month, and Observed that “virality is no guarantee of retention.

Line is one of the major WeChat competitor from Japan is already facing communications service for about 300 million registered users worldwide which provide more than 30 games, and more than 200 million game has been download during September 2013.