The computer automatically converts the Pinyin spelling to the correct Chinese characters on the screen. Or at least it’s supposed to. There are lots of Chinese words that sound similar but look ...

Not so for Chinese computing. When inputting Chinese, the symbols a person sees on a QWERTY keyboard are always different from the symbols that ultimately appear on the monitor or on paper.

After a security flaw was found in Chinese keyboard app Sogou, we look at the implications for similar apps in China and how even encrypted platforms like Signal are at risk.