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A | 昨天，微信发布了“2018年微信数据报告”。截至2018年9月，微信每月活跃用户超过10亿，其中有6300万人年龄在55岁以上。00以后，人们喜欢“遮住脸”，“90以后”喜欢“笑和哭”，“80以后”喜欢“笑”，“70以后”喜欢“遮住嘴”等等。对于这个微信的数据报告，我们可以看到一些小额信贷账户。

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    Illustration: Liu Rui/GTA new report funded by Australia's Department of Defense played up security risks to submarine cables in the Indo-Pacific waters and pointed finger at China and some other countries over alleged undersea‑cable attacks in recent years, while claiming threats against subsea cables are growing. A Chinese expert said that accusing China without conclusive evidence constitutes "over‑securitization" made by Australian side, as well as a calculated pretext for its own military expansion.
Published by the National Security College at the Australian National University (ANU), the paper claimed recent damage to cables in the Baltic Sea and around China's Taiwan region suggests "state actors are now actively probing and testing cable infrastructure in peacetime as part of broader hybrid warfare strategies" to rapidly degrade connectivity at the outset of a conflict, The Australian reported.
The paper claimed 16 privately owned subsea cables that carry 99 percent of Australia's internet traffic are a "high priority target" for Australia's adversaries that could be severed in a conflict, threatening the nation's economy and social fabric, according to The Australian.
The report singled out China and Russia for blame, saying that there have been multiple apparent attacks on submarine cables in recent years in European waters as well as near China's Taiwan region, suspected to be linked to Russia and China, the Straits Times reported.
However, the report cites a 2025 voyage by Chinese research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao along Australia's western and southern coastlines as evidence to back its claim that "potential adversaries are actively gathering information about Australia's cable infrastructure."
This report, relying on the routine scientific operations of a Chinese research vessel in 2025 to level allegations of offensive actions against China, and employing ambiguous terminology such as "suspected" and "potential," demonstrates Australia's evidentiary leap, Chen Hong, director of the Australian Studies Center of East China Normal University, told the Global Times on Monday.
This erroneous claim was refuted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry at the time. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on March 31, 2025 that China carries out normal activities at sea in accordance with international law, including UNCLOS. 
"We hope Australia will have a right understanding of this and stop the groundless suspicion and speculations," Guo added.
This is not the first time certain Australian politicians has leveled baseless accusations of China intending to sabotage its undersea cables. Back in May, Defense Minister Richard Marles claimed during the Shangri-La Dialogue that China ought to boost transparency around its maritime operations. He also asserted that a surge in damage to subsea cables had transformed the seabed into a "battlefield," per The Australian.
Chen said Australian side's scaremongering is tied to its predictive threat‑perception framework forged in recent years. This framework designates China and other countries as strategic competitors in advance, subsequently forces routine scientific activities into a confrontational framework, Chen said.
Apart from unfounded allegations against China, the paper claims Australia's defense military "must incorporate the defense of submarine cable infrastructure into its operational planning," according to The Australian.
It added the government should also consider up¬grading an auxiliary ship operated by the navy, ADV Guidance, to enable it to repair damaged cables.
The vast majority of submarine cable damages are caused by accidental factors such as fishing operations and vessel anchoring, rather than deliberate sabotage. For suspected cases of intentional damage, independent technical investigation bodies should be established, and the principle of "investigate first, characterize later" should be strictly applied, so as to prevent ordinary maritime accidents from escalating into diplomatic conflicts, Chen said.
The core problem of Australian side's submarine cable security lies entirely with itself. Instead of addressing its own infrastructure shortcomings and improving its domestic protection and maintenance systems, the Australian side has chosen to continually exaggerate external threats and stoke bloc confrontation, the expert added.
Chen said that by fabricating alleged Chinese threats, Australian side seeks to "rationalize" its military spending increases and underwater force expansion. The submarine digital infrastructure originally meant to serve global development has been labeled along us versus them lines, and this constitutes the biggest hidden danger, he added.
。然而，微信数据报告的内容也引起了用户对隐私保护的讨论。

C | 一些用户甚至质疑微信统计是否涉嫌监控用户的聊天内容。对于用户的查询，腾讯回应称，微信年度数据报告中的所有数据都是匿名的、不敏感的，不涉及特定用户的隐私内容。据《新京报》报道，针对网民对微信监控用户聊天的质疑，腾讯回应称：“微信不会读取或保留任何用户的聊天记录，聊天内容只会存储在用户的手机、电脑等终端设备上。”腾讯表示，微信年度数据上报的所有数据报告匿名且不敏感，不涉及特定用户的隐私内容。此外，据报道，腾讯副总裁丁科于2017年8月15日明确表示，微信的价值取向绝不会让用户互相聊天，并明确表示微信不会阅读和分析聊天记录。另一方面，该报告指出，与腾讯关系密切的人士表示，“腾讯在用户聊天中使用了SSL加密技术。这项技术是通用的。任何使用该技术的公司都可以从技术上查看信息，但不会这样做。”对于SSL（安全套接字层）技术，南洋理工大学互联网相关专业博士后朱聪（化名）解释说，用户之间发送和接收的信息将通过这项技术。

D | 当信息在用户和服务器之间传输时，信息被加密。当信息在服务器上时，它以未加密的形式存在。服务器可以查看、修改甚至检查消息的内容。朱聪说，从技术角度看，微信确实具有查看聊天信息的能力。