Jane Manchun Wong, 23 year old engineering student from UMass Dartmouth; Post reporter Zen Soo getting in a few rounds of mini-golf before stepping into the podcast studio. Photo: Felix Wong
Jane Manchun Wong, 23 year old engineering student from UMass Dartmouth; Post reporter Zen Soo getting in a few rounds of mini-golf before stepping into the podcast studio. Photo: Felix Wong

Inside China Tech: The woman ‘scooping’ apps and exposing the secrets of Facebook, Twitter and more

  • Jane Manchun Wong is a Hongkonger building a global reputation for her skill at reverse-engineering apps and revealing the secrets Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are hiding in their code.

Jane Manchun Wong, 23 year old engineering student from UMass Dartmouth; Post reporter Zen Soo getting in a few rounds of mini-golf before stepping into the podcast studio. Photo: Felix Wong
Jane Manchun Wong, 23 year old engineering student from UMass Dartmouth; Post reporter Zen Soo getting in a few rounds of mini-golf before stepping into the podcast studio. Photo: Felix Wong

SCMP tech reporter Zen Soo talks in depth with Jane Manchun Wong, a Hongkonger who is building a worldwide reputation for her skill at reverse-engineering apps and revealing the secrets major tech companies such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are hiding in their code.

She tweets her findings via twitter.com/wongmjane - listen in as Zen reverse engineers Jane’s career to find out why she does what she does, and what motivates her.

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Zen Soo

Zen Soo

Zen Soo worked at the Post from 2015 until 2019. She covered China technology, in particular e-commerce, online to offline and mobile payments. She also wrote about Southeast Asian tech companies.