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Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
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#22> "Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible," Defence Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius told reporters in introducing the report.
This is applicable equally for every other country.
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#23Xiaoyu for doing stuff like this.
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#24They say the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Huh?
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#25Why is this linked to some random tweet that adds absolutely nothing instead of the article the tweet links to? https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/lithuania-say...
I used the tweet due to the paywall of the Reuters article.
Another user below found the best link, the true original source:
Here's the official report: https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysi... (link updated)
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not to sound paranoid, but won't even LinageOS phones have to run closed-sourced firmware and drivers?
Correct, its entirely possible they could be doing more insidious stuff at the firmware level, but dumb keyword checking is almost certainly implemented in userspace. I don't think you can trust any proprietary firmware out there, its just a question of which you trust less than the others.
And based on recent discoveries it sounds like Xiaomi should be trusted less than others.
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#27Free Tibet. I just typed that on my Xiaomi with stock MIUI, using Google Gboard.
I don't think there were allegations that you couldn't type Free Tibet?
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#28We should be up in arms over this. But we should also be up in arms over Apple's "CSAM" plans. Surveillance doesn't belong on our devices. Period. Once it's in, the dictators can clamp down even harder. Over time, freedom atrophies and the window slides closer to totalitarian control. Don't invite the devil in. Scream it away.
There were multiple articles about apple's csm with discussions.
And we should stop talking about it? That's what Apple and the intelligence orgs want.
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#29Free Tibet. I just typed that on my Xiaomi with stock MIUI, using Google Gboard.
Unless you are based in China, a Chinese national, a known dissident or a journalist it doesn't really matter, does it? Also, how do you know what Xiaomi did after you typed it?
EDIT: As I really phrased it badly, I mean it doesn't proof anything if none of the above mentioned groups does it. It absolutely matters that Xiaomi is censoring and monitoring stuff based on key words. I oppose that even more than oppose Apple monitoring child pornography. Simply because Xiaomi is already doing the monitoring for a non Democratic repressive government.
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#30Please don't submit tweets that are just links to news articles. Here's the official report: https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysi...
Thanks. I used the tweet due to the paywall of the Reuters article. But this original source is of course much better.