The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been widely promoting a police-developed anti-fraud app that functions as spyware since March, residents described as they explained the degree of invasion the app allows on their phones. The app, known as the National Anti-Fraud Center, masquerades as a protective system for Chinese citizens, but instead provides direct access to private content on users’ phones. In a Sept. 15 report, the Chinese Epoch Times interviewed multiple individuals who had installed the app. One Beijing resident, surnamed Zheng, told The Epoch Times that the app tracks and monitors citizens, preventing them from access to overseas websites. He said the Changping district police branch required students’ parents to install the app in the name of safeguarding personal information and property security. They also set a deadline for the download and required parents to report afterward to teachers in charge of their children. While speaking over the …