Gel to the top of the App Store was accused of violating user privacy Official response: it is a competitor slander

Zhengguan news reporter Cheng Zixin

The gel official micro issued a statement saying that the incident was an organized and planned slander of competitors against the "gel" app.

Recently, the network news said that "the Gel App has the use of users' WeChat, QQ number and other privacy information", the news was subsequently spread and fermented on multiple platforms, causing user concerns. On February 11, Gel Official Micro issued a statement saying that the incident was an organized and planned slander of competitors against the "Gel" app. Beijing One Point Entertainment Co., Ltd. has collected relevant evidence and reported to the police, while retaining the right to subsequent recourse to the law.

According to Wei Wei, Beijing Yidian Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd. has always strictly complied with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations. After verification, the "Gel" App and related services have not obtained the user's WeChat, QQ number and other unauthorized private messages, and the online transmission of messages is not true.

On February 12, the product manager of Gel posted a long post on Weibo saying that he had never read or leaked any personal information without authorization.

It is understood that the software is a close friend image social APP. Before joining, users create a virtual 3D image for themselves in the form of "pinching their faces". After the avatar is set up, the gel will generate a personal virtual poster, which users can share to the circle of friends or community to invite friends to join.

After the above steps are completed, you can enter the virtual space built by gel, and the front page is the lobby. Users can express their state with expressions and actions here, such as "touching fish and moving bricks", vividly showing their interests and life status. Because it is a virtual image, social fears can also let down their guard and take the initiative to communicate with people.

In addition, gel's LBS function also allows users to choose to share real-time location with friends, and effectively protect user privacy through technical means.

According to Phoenix Network Technology, since the first new version of Gel was launched on January 19, the download volume of Gel has soared at an alarming speed, and it has been the first place in AppStore (February 11 data) in only half a month, and it has also become the first social application to surpass WeChat since 2019.