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Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use

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Post by nicbou »

101404 wrote: post #4
schoolornot wrote: post #3

I recently wiped my factory-unlocked Samsung S20, enabled debug mode, and ran "pm list packages" over ADB. The results were beyond startling. There were close to 100 packages running under com.samsung and other various namespaces with tons of sensitive permissions. Most of these processes I could not identify what they existed for. And I still can't figure out why a freshly wiped unlocked phone w/ a Sprint SIM is run…

I wonder if it is illegal under GDPR to include spying apps on phones without telling the user.

It most certainly is.

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Post by amiga-workbench »

fastball wrote: post #48
amiga-workbench wrote: post #28

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.

This is why, without fail, I buy iPhones.

With the Bootloader exploit on iPhone X and older, its actually worth looking at them now.

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Post by LolWolf »

maximente wrote: post #41
cambalache wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

my brain's classifier would predict upon hearing just huevos => mexican spanish. i'd imagine southern cone speakers would say pelotas, but might be way off here.

That's pretty much spot on (more generally, I think it's a Central-American thing). Either "pelotas" or "bolas" are the common ones in South America (huevos is present, but rarely used in the same way—"huevón" is the classic insult used throughout).

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Post by NikolaeVarius »

amoshi wrote: post #46
curiousgal wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is why I root my device and only allow apps I trust internet access.

Root and then get flagged by Google's SafetyNet, preventing you from Netflix, banking apps etc? That's a brave but big sacrifice

Systemless root + root hiding is a thing.

I run a custom rom and pass safety check and have access to all my apps including banking.

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

gruez wrote: post #35
zaro wrote: post #30

“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.

That argument only makes sense if they're mutually exclusive. Opting out of Chrome in favor of Xiaomi browser doesn't magically remove all the google tracking throughout the internet (unless it has integrated adblocker, which it doesn't seem to have). So really, the choices are Google vs Google + Xiaomi.

Chrome steers you into logging into your Google account for improved tracking. Android Chrome already has this info via OS integration.

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Post by fulyscentedking »

Don't use Xiaomi, Huawei or other Chinese smart phone brands if you don't want to your information collected by those Chinese companies and the CCP.

That being said Google, Apple and other American companies collect your information too, maybe not as bad, just maybe.

We really need good free and open source OS options for smart phones. Like the GNU/Linux options available on desktops.

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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…

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