Zapya

Zapya (Kuai Ya/快牙in Chinese) is a Chinese peer-to-peer file sharing app. While the app was initially conceived for the Chinese market, it has spread to neighbouring countries including Myanmar,[5] Pakistan and India and is available across multiple operating systems.

Zapya
Screenshot
Screenshot of Zapya on [[iPho ne 4S]], with "File" tab selected
Developer(s)Dew Mobile Inc. (Wang Xiao Dong
Steve Gu
Shangpin Chang)
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows NT, macOS
Available in
  • Android: English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese[1]
  • iOS: English, Chinese, French, Spanish[2]
  • Others: English, Chinese[3][4]
TypeUtility software
LicenceFreeware
Websiteizapya.com

The app enables users in countries with low internet penetration and poor internet architecture to transfer and share files without using the Internet, by creating a Wi-Fi hotspot to which other devices can connect.[6] The app allows communities to make a local network and then transfer data, such as apps, videos & music, back and forth.[7][6] In addition, Zapya's "Phone Replicate" feature can easily backup and transfer files from an old mobile device to a new one.[8]

In November 2019, the leaked China Cables revealed that the Chinese government's mass surveillance and predictive-policing programme Integrated Joint Operation Platform (IJOP) flagged 1.8 million users with Zapya on their phones for investigation as part of the crackdown on Uyghur Muslims.[9]

Zapya does not support Uyghur, Arabic, and Kazakh languages.

See also
  • Utility software

References
  1. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dewmobile.kuaiya.play
  2. "Zapya - File Sharing & WiFi Transfer Tool on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "Buy ZAPYA - Microsoft Store". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Zapya - File Transfer Tool on the Mac App Store". Mac App Store. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. Mod, Craig. "The Facebook-Loving Farmers of Myanmar". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. "Digital in 2016 - We Are Social". wearesocial.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. "Offline and falling behind: Barriers to Internet adoption". McKinsey & Company. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. "Dailyfaqs.com". www.dailyfaqs.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. "Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps", BBC News, 24 November 2019.
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