On December 14, regarding the CCTV report that DingTalk App pulled people into the group without confirmation, DingTalk official response said, "The confirmation is true, and I am deeply sorry for the interruption caused to users." DingTalk said that it has started self-inspection in November, completed part of the rectification on December 3, and will complete all rectification within this week, and the company must go through the second confirmation of the employee when pulling employees into the organization.
In November 2021, some netizens exposed the trap behind The DingTalk Group.
The netizen said that he was inexplicably in a DingTalk group and had not received verification or invitation information before. After being pulled into the group, the netizen clicked on the red envelope sent by the group and downloaded the app recommended by the group to swipe the order, but after recharging several times, he found that the App could not be used normally, and then was deceived.
On the 14th, CCTV reported that There are certain security risks in DingTalk App, and the reporter tried to create an "enterprise organization" in The option of "creating a business/organization/team" in DingTalk, and successfully built a group by "adding members". However, when you enter the group, you find that the newly added members are already in the group and do not need to ask for their consent.
It is worth mentioning that although DingTalk App provides users with the option to turn on "Need verification when the team adds me", the function is turned off by default. That is to say, once the user does not know to open this function before using the DingTalk App, it is possible to encounter the situation of being "pulled in groups" by strangers. (text| AI Finance and Economics Yan Qiu)