<s>
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
(	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Cheetah	O
Mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
Chromium	B-Language
and	O
supports	O
both	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
and	O
Trident	B-Application
browser	B-Protocol
engines	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jinshan	O
Network	O
claims	O
that	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
secure	O
dual-engine	O
browser	B-Application
with	O
a	O
"	O
browser	B-Application
intrusion	O
prevention	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
of	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
used	O
version	O
17	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
much	O
lower	O
than	O
the	O
official	O
version	O
of	O
Chromium	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prevented	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Jinshan	O
was	O
ordered	O
to	O
pay	O
Youku	O
¥	O
300,000	O
for	O
violating	O
Chinese	O
competition	O
laws	O
by	O
allowing	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
to	O
filter	O
video	O
ads	O
on	O
Youku	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
preceding	O
trial	O
,	O
Youku	O
claimed	O
to	O
suffer	O
an	O
economic	O
loss	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
's	O
ad	O
filtering	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
earned	O
revenue	O
from	O
ads	O
and	O
premium	O
subscriptions	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
skip	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jinshan	O
stated	O
that	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
's	O
ad	O
filtering	O
feature	O
was	O
vendor-neutral	O
and	O
that	O
users	O
must	O
opt-in	O
to	O
activate	O
the	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Shanghai	B-Device
Consumer	O
Protection	O
Committee	O
commissioned	O
an	O
evaluation	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
permissions	I-Application
of	O
18	O
popular	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
including	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
study	O
found	O
that	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
requested	O
sensitive	O
phone	O
-	O
and	O
SMS-related	O
permissions	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
phone	O
's	O
outbound	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
representative	O
for	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
responded	O
that	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
needed	O
to	O
determine	O
whether	O
a	O
phone	O
call	O
is	O
active	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
prevent	O
interference	O
when	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
playing	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
representative	O
indicated	O
that	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
would	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
detailed	O
how	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
sending	O
encrypted	O
data	O
to	O
its	O
Chinese	O
servers	O
exfiltrating	O
the	O
URLs	O
visited	O
by	O
all	O
its	O
users	O
and	O
selling	O
them	O
to	O
various	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
banned	O
CM	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
along	O
with	O
58	O
other	O
Chinese	O
origin	O
apps	O
,	O
citing	O
data	O
and	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
