To everyone portraying this as harmless and as Wechat just looking for security breaches: Tencent itself is the security breach. Not only can Chinese ppl not sign up without providing a phone number, just to get a SIM card they now take your government ID, a picture of your face and a fingerprint! Xi is making absolutely sure that every single internet user is IDed and has their conversations tracked on apps like Wechat. Whatsapp, Signal & co are banned.<p>These "leaked" secrets GitHub forwards might be dissidents getting access without being tracked. It might not be a WeChat secret at all who knows? They're not a trustworthy partner, nothing should be shared with this company.<p>And to the folks saying it's public information and they already have it: That makes no sense, then they don't need GitHubs help. Obviously GitHub is supporting their scanning efforts here.