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Security firm finds spyware on Chinese Android phones
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/11...old-in-the-us/
Ive been tempted by some of those high spec cheap price Chinese Phones but maybe this is why they are cheap.
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I don't find it all surprising, the issue has been around for years.
Wasn't the first Chinese phone discovered with this sort of issue an S4 clone by Star? |
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Anyone who owns an android phone cannot seriously be interested in protecting their personal data. It's how google make their money.
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Anyone who owns an android phone cannot seriously be interested in protecting their personal data. It's how google make their money.
Myself I do not mind them tracking my location, what apps I have installed or what I view on the Internet. I am worried a little about these Chinese phones though as I would be worried about passwords, texts and banking details. |
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Anyone who owns an android phone cannot seriously be interested in protecting their personal data. It's how google make their money.
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Anyone who owns an android phone cannot seriously be interested in protecting their personal data. It's how google make their money.
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What and you think this doesn't happen if you use iOS?
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All smartphones whether iPhone, Android or Windows spy on you, they receive daily telemetrics on everything you do on your phone unless you opt out. See Google is clever, they tie being able to use services like google maps by being allowed to access your data.
Its only enterprise that get beefier privacy because they pay for it. If you are getting something for nowt, you will usually be giving up some part of you in return......how else would they pay for it? |
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If you're not paying for the software you're using and it's not freeware that the company makes no profit on then you are the product being sold to some other company.
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If you're not paying for the software you're using and it's not freeware that the company makes no profit on then you are the product being sold to some other company.
The possibility of compromised banking logins or password details is a big step from what has become the norm from the likes of Google et al. |
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Had a Cubot phone of some description for over 4 years now, never had any issues with spyware whatsoever. Experience which is based on ownership, not internet fodder.
Aren't Chinese companies already connecting the majority of our Broadband and 4G internet infrastructure already. E.G Huawei?. Then a year or so ago it was Samsung Smart TV's spying on you and listening in on your conversations. https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/samsung...-room-chatter/ |
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Had a Cubot phone of some description for over 4 years now, never had any issues with spyware whatsoever.
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Had a Cubot phone of some description for over 4 years now, never had any issues with spyware whatsoever. Experience which is based on ownership, not internet fodder.
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