Man jailed 1 year for selling fake WeChat red-packet mini programs that harvested location data
JourneymanChina · x · 2026-11-03
CCTV reports a man who sold fake WeChat red-packet mini programs — 30+ copies, 20,000 yuan profit — was sentenced to 1 year in prison. The poster questions WeChat's lax permission management: once users grant location access, their whereabouts can be tracked by others. CCTV warns users never to grant location permissions to unfamiliar mini programs.
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