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Just had a quick Google and this company is owned by Alibaba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Browser Seems like they

by Matsta 8y ago

Just had a quick Google and this company is owned by Alibaba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Browser Seems like they've already been in hot water for vulnerabilities in their browser: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/spy-agencies-target-mobile-phones-app-stores-to-implant-spyware-1.3076546 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/spy-agencies-target-mobile-ph...

40dslf 8y ago
What conclusion do you draw from that company being owned by Alibaba? I don't see the relevance of this.
- outloudvi 8y ago
  https://www.uc.cn/ https://www.uc.cn/ If you are meaning of the evidence of UC connected to Alibaba, I think this site is convincing enough. [EDIT: Fix link]
  - 40dslf 8y ago
    You misunderstood me. I firmly believe UC is owned by Alibaba, but I insist that I don't understand why is that important.
    - wastedhours 8y ago
      Useful context for me as I haven't heard of the browser so no knowledge as to how they can have such a large userbase. I don't think the intention was draw a correlation between Alibaba and security lapses.
      - fencepost 8y ago
        Some of it may be inertia from early days of Android - for a long time I still had the Dolphin browser installed because for a time back in the Android 2.x days it was the best option around and IIRC included its own build of Chromium's rendering engine ("Dolphin Jetpack"). UC Browser is likely also available on devices not using Google Play where Chrome may not be an option.
    - Matsta 8y ago
      I only posted it because it didn't mention Alibaba was the parent company in the article. Maybe the article author would have had more luck getting a statement from Alibaba since it has a more significant international presence compared to UCWeb Inc.
    - teknologist 8y ago
      Maybe it was because Alibaba operate a huge payments service network? This would be like PayPal making their own browser and having a load of vulnerabilities in it

by Matsta 8y ago

40dslf 8y ago

What conclusion do you draw from that company being owned by Alibaba? I don't see the relevance of this.

outloudvi 8y ago
https://www.uc.cn/ https://www.uc.cn/ If you are meaning of the evidence of UC connected to Alibaba, I think this site is convincing enough. [EDIT: Fix link]
- 40dslf 8y ago
  You misunderstood me. I firmly believe UC is owned by Alibaba, but I insist that I don't understand why is that important.
  - wastedhours 8y ago
    Useful context for me as I haven't heard of the browser so no knowledge as to how they can have such a large userbase. I don't think the intention was draw a correlation between Alibaba and security lapses.
    - fencepost 8y ago
      Some of it may be inertia from early days of Android - for a long time I still had the Dolphin browser installed because for a time back in the Android 2.x days it was the best option around and IIRC included its own build of Chromium's rendering engine ("Dolphin Jetpack"). UC Browser is likely also available on devices not using Google Play where Chrome may not be an option.
  - Matsta 8y ago
    I only posted it because it didn't mention Alibaba was the parent company in the article. Maybe the article author would have had more luck getting a statement from Alibaba since it has a more significant international presence compared to UCWeb Inc.
  - teknologist 8y ago
    Maybe it was because Alibaba operate a huge payments service network? This would be like PayPal making their own browser and having a load of vulnerabilities in it