Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
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Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#2Really interesting. But whether what Xiaomi browser does it's a spyware, what's is Google?
Does Google collects our navigation data? (Yes if we are using chrome or android and logged in)
Does Google knows what videos and what kind of videos do we watch? (Do you need an answer?)
Call it's a spyware because is a chinese company? Really? Nah. Google does the same or at least worst than it.
I'm neither defending Xiami nor Google. The question is: almost every application does data collection. And if you call it as spyware, therefore every app which does data collection is a spyware.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#3I'm using a firewall to block tens of IP addresses and several apps.
Why would Xiaomi tell me to download a 26MB update from their store if the one from Google Play, where I downloaded the app it's less than 15MB?
I'll be getting rid of this phone by the end of the month.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#4Really interesting. But whether what Xiaomi browser does it's a spyware, what's is Google? Does Google collects our navigation data? (Yes if we are using chrome or android and logged in) Does Google knows what videos and what kind of videos do we watch? (Do you need an answer?) Call it's a spyware because is a chinese company? Really? Nah. Google does the same or at least worst than it. I'm neither defending Xiami no…
Yes, they are both spyware. Call a spade a spade.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#5I'm using a firewall to block tens of IP addresses and several apps. Why would Xiaomi tell me to download a 26MB update from their store if the one from Google Play, where I downloaded the app it's less than 15MB? I'll be getting rid of this phone by the end of the month.
Most Xiaomi phones are relatively easy to root/unlock and install a new rom on.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#6Did you really need to investigate this to realize it's spyware?
This and chrome and most web browsers are spyware at this point.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#7I truly don't understand, from a security and privacy perspective, why would anyone outside of China would voluntarily choose to run closed-source software from a company that's subject to domestic laws and regulations in China. The MSS is no joke.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=china+mss...
This is the same reason that Zoom is banned at my workplace and many other partner companies.
You've actually got two problems here. One is the commercial advertising/for-profit related data sharing problem described in the article. The second is that Xiaomi, as a company with that collected data resident in China on its servers, is obliged to provide a pipeline for a copy of their database to the MSS upon request.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#8Really interesting. But whether what Xiaomi browser does it's a spyware, what's is Google? Does Google collects our navigation data? (Yes if we are using chrome or android and logged in) Does Google knows what videos and what kind of videos do we watch? (Do you need an answer?) Call it's a spyware because is a chinese company? Really? Nah. Google does the same or at least worst than it. I'm neither defending Xiami no…
What does Google have to do with Xiaomi spyware?
Or Google being spyware somehow makes Xiaomi spyware less shitty?
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#9Interesting to see the quite loaded (and slightly archaic in 2020?) term "spyware" used to refer to Chinese software. I haven't seen it used to describe Facebook or Google software, even alongside all of the recent news stories highlighting their apps' tracking footprint by Apple's newer iPhone AppStore requirements.
Re: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
#10Really interesting. But whether what Xiaomi browser does it's a spyware, what's is Google? Does Google collects our navigation data? (Yes if we are using chrome or android and logged in) Does Google knows what videos and what kind of videos do we watch? (Do you need an answer?) Call it's a spyware because is a chinese company? Really? Nah. Google does the same or at least worst than it. I'm neither defending Xiami no…
They're definitely both spyware at this point. Shoutout to Firefox, which makes a conscious effort to block tracking cookies and not collect data.