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Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

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Re: Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

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Post by cambalache »

qppo wrote: post #10

The fucking huevos on Forbes to publish this article alongside the most godawful CCPA opt-out flow I've seen yet... Clicking the "do not sell my info" link takes you to a page where it asks you for your personal information to request to opt out... with the fine print telling you that you can actually opt out by going back to the previous dialog, selecting more info, then selecting one of the three cookie sections (w…

If you are a native English speaker kudos for writing "huevos" and not "Cahones" or other of its similar cringy misspellings. But 90% chance you are from the south cone so carry on.

Re: Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

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Post by edoceo »

thoraway1010 wrote: post #16

I know apple keeps on getting headlines for breaking privacy (and also making phones that supposedly get thrown away because they don't have right to repair) My own sense is android phones are MUCH less private and secure AND have much shorter useful lives.

But maybe easier to load a custom rom?

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Post by jddj »

mbdesign wrote: post #18

On a Xiaomi device myself. Recently I've setup Nextdns.io to resolve all the DNS requests through it. Very frequent callbacks to Xiaomi servers for tracking. Blocked a bunch of them now, but it's half a solution.

Yeah, my pihole would usually block something like 70% of what was a good number of requests from my Xiaomi overnight.

It's gross.

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Post by monksy »

mbdesign wrote: post #18

On a Xiaomi device myself. Recently I've setup Nextdns.io to resolve all the DNS requests through it. Very frequent callbacks to Xiaomi servers for tracking. Blocked a bunch of them now, but it's half a solution.

You should be using a custom rom.

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Post by ebg13 »

cambalache wrote: post #21
qppo wrote: post #10

The fucking huevos on Forbes to publish this article alongside the most godawful CCPA opt-out flow I've seen yet... Clicking the "do not sell my info" link takes you to a page where it asks you for your personal information to request to opt out... with the fine print telling you that you can actually opt out by going back to the previous dialog, selecting more info, then selecting one of the three cookie sections (w…

If you are a native English speaker kudos for writing "huevos" and not "Cahones" or other of its similar cringy misspellings. But 90% chance you are from the south cone so carry on.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cojones ?

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Post by amiga-workbench »

Stuff like this is why without fail, every phone I own gets LineageOS installed immediately.

Xiaomi phones have a bootloader unlock timer to try and mitigate sites reselling their phones with modified software, so I had to leave my Mix 2s alone for a few days before I could make it safe to use.

Re: Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

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Post by zaro »

“It’s a lot worse than any of the mainstream browsers I have seen,”

It's a lot worse than Chrome ?

The Xiaomi browser tracks your browsing. The Google browser in combination with the most of the sites in the internet track your browsing, your location, and a lot of other things.

Choosing the lesser evil is quite popular now days, and it's obvious which one it is.

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