MediaTek confirms bug that affects Android devices running its chipsets
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- 04 Jun 2022
Navi, 01 Feb 2016What did you expect to a chinese manufacturer? They say it'... morethese devices. come from china already hacked Google owns android. i went back through the log before a hard factory reset & it went straight back to china. theyre hacking the devices google is allowing it. these people are guilty of racketeering stealing bank accts, unemployment & theres not a chance Google doesnt know My phone is actually wire tapped literally someone on, recording & recieving transcripts colluding altogether google the chinese manufacturer, microsoft, amazon its sick
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- DennisM
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- 11 Jun 2020
Well, its June of 2020 and I have that malware on my device that I just bought 3 months ago. If there's a fix then noone has informed me.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Feb 2016
This happened to one of my friends. Still no fix for that.
What happens is due to root access, the phone installs lots of unwanted apps.
It consumes all of your data, and installs malicious apps constantly.
You cannot uninstall such apps, it shows in all apps section (these apps are provided by company) instead of downloaded apps section. And these apps uses identifiers like com.android.___
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Feb 2016
Chinese manufacturers have not been asked to provide back doors for the Chinese government. US manufacturers such as Cisco, Fortinet and Juniper have.
Mediatek is mostly known for cheap hardware that never gets updated.
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- 01 Feb 2016
Anonym, 31 Jan 2016-- This message has been sponsored by someone clueless to b... moreWell, actually I have a cybernetics university degree.
I hope this will take away your remarks on big data and cybercriminality. For instance I never used and I will never use Facebook or any open social network. Ever.
By the way, you made me curious: what do cybercriminals actually target? You said that I don't know and you imply that you do know. Just enlight me, please. They didn't told this to us 20 years ago when I graduated university.
And the remark on Hitlerism is way too low, really. This is a different century.
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- Navi
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- 01 Feb 2016
What did you expect to a chinese manufacturer? They say it's a bug, but it was really intended to spy on you until discovered by an analyst. That's how important security analyst is.
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- shyam
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- 01 Feb 2016
vivek, 31 Jan 2016I hope all mediatek devices update to lollipopnot yet ,coolpad f1 doesn't get lollipop update
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- AnonD-440079
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- 31 Jan 2016
Only 4.4? well is the 89% of their products...so
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- 31 Jan 2016
AnonD-459237, 31 Jan 2016My tablet is powered by Mediatek chipset and is running Kit... moregoogle owns the best Android anti virus engine in the world. they scan apps when adding new apps to store on when a new vulnerability is found they check every in the store against that vulnerability. you will not need any antivirus unless you install from external sources.
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- vivek
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- 31 Jan 2016
I hope all mediatek devices update to lollipop
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- AnonD-428442
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- 31 Jan 2016
"The chip-maker says the issue in question only affects Android 4.4 KitKat devices."
Does this mean Android 5.x onward somehow "fixed" the bug?
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonym, 31 Jan 2016Like the Germans were too busy paying bill when "you know w... moreThen stop that sort of history from happening again. You are alive - fight for it.
Yeah, I lack a thing or two. Which is why I can't sympathize with you, or do what you do. But don't worry, I know enough not to get in the way of your fight.
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2016You need to understand what's root access. Those apps won't... moreExcept that my tablet is the Wi-Fi version and doesn't have a network feature like LTE or 3G/4G so is not a phone. But does it still makes me vulnerable to this bug since it has a Mediatek chipset with Kit Kat installed on it? And for your information, i am aware of how root access works.
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- Anonym
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2016It just means he has many other things to worry about in hi... moreLike the Germans were too busy paying bill when "you know who" rose to power?
Silly argument to make.
Inferring "anti-capitalism" from a comment where having a meaningful (for profit) work-life is stated reinforces the lack of something else in another department.
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonym, 31 Jan 2016-- This message has been sponsored by someone clueless to b... moreIt just means he has many other things to worry about in his own life, like I don't know, paying bills? Just let him live his life in peace.
But if you're an anti-capitalist activist, go practice your right to assembly, and find sympathizers. I cannot stop you.
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- 31 Jan 2016
AnonD-229791, 31 Jan 2016Mediatek is producing great chipsets like X10. LeTV 1S with... moreThat's bullshit, S6 edge gets 80k on Antutu.
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- 31 Jan 2016
AnonD-493877, 31 Jan 2016I don't have a phone with MTK chipset, but even if I would,... more-- This message has been sponsored by someone clueless to big-data, what cybercriminals actually target and, generally, someone who knows their work-life is so redundant that believe even a mass collection of data wouldn't find it valuable enough to spare the extra storage.
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- 31 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2016For spying purpose. Unfortunately security researchers foun... moreI don't have a phone with MTK chipset, but even if I would, I couldn't care less about the chinese spying.
What will they do if they read my email or messages?
Pay my bills? :)
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- 31 Jan 2016
Mediatek is producing great chipsets like X10. LeTV 1S with X10 SOC has 49700 result on Antutu benchmark , and Galaxy S6 Edge which costs like 4 times more have 50300. Main advantage of Mediatek SOC is price. They are very cheap and offer best performance per price ratio. X20 chipset which will come in February will be even 50% better than X10.
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- 31 Jan 2016
the news is they confirmed the bug. which means they are aware of it and such bugs will be prevented in new chips. which is a good thing. I am a computer engineer and I can verify only good companies who are able to fix bugs verifies the bug. otherwise usually we get the bugs publicly disclosed by the angry security researchers for denying the bug or for ignoring them. since they confirmed it and made it public we can understand they are mature at handling bug reports