Yeah I don’t really understand people in this thread jumping to defend of whatabout. This isn’t good.

Reality in China is that you can’t expect privacy from the state. It’s especially true in that basically everything goes through WeChat, which the state have direct virtual access to, even without your device.

On the other hand, it’s unlikely for the state ever to care about you if you’re just a normal person. Also, they do legitimately seem to care about protecting data from private companies, which is a silver lining at the very least.