How much do you value your privacy and security? Researchers at Black Hat found a series of phones that are secretly sending data to Chinese servers.

Don’t buy BLU phones

  • @peeonyou@lemmy.ml
    7•3 years ago

    This is the same thing that US companies do as well no? I mean, you can’t use an electronic device without the US capturing information about it.

    • SubversivoB
      2•3 years ago

      Not. USA includes tracker on user installed apps*. This article tells about apps provided by the manufacturer that the user can’t uninstall.

      • Google collect many info about you with their mandatory Google account, but not “personal” as installed apps or messages, only “not personal”, as location", sites you search about, news you click click, and so…
    • @fadelkonA
      1•3 years ago

      allowed Adups to execute commands as if it’s the user, meaning it could also install apps, take screenshots, record the screen, make calls and wipe devices without needing permission.

      It’s describing Google play… it can do anything and it comes preinstalled without users being able to remove it :(

      Fuck USA, fuck China and fuck Russia. No Corp will make us free, no state will make us free.