Report claims that Xiaomi phones collect browsing data from its users
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- 02 May 2020
Anonymous, 02 May 2020Thank you GSM Arena for posting this article. I was thinkin... moreAll phones collect personal data so don't be stupid. Even Samsung and Apple also steals personal data (including browsing data). If you want privacy may I suggest the Nokia 3310.
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- 02 May 2020
Anonymous, 02 May 2020Thank you GSM Arena for posting this article. I was thinkin... moreAll smartphones collecting data, man...all.Google know.
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- 02 May 2020
klv12gcn, 02 May 2020You should spend 5 seconds to search about Siri before talk... moreYou're also the part of the problem. We've lived with internet for years before we came across privacy problems.
Tell me one thing: Even phones without GPS of any kind used to run internet. You believe they were not giving privacy? They were, and we called them Symbian OS devices.
Of course, its impossible to keep a traceless phone, but at least we should have control over our browsing data, and personal information, which by this or that excuse is being collected and even sold, and even interconnected.
Today, american company collecting data isn't even considered a breach, even if the user is unaware.
Don't ever use the argument, "we can't have privacy".
We can sir, we can. Only you don't ask for it in huge groups, and get impressed by "modern, intitutive" features.
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- Anon
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- 02 May 2020
Root all android phones before actually using them.
Boycott gogle play services and use F-droid and open source apps.
This is not just xiaomi, but pretty much every phone manufacturer and the entire ad-supported android ecosystem.
Perhaps consider working in ad-tech and related domains where such data is sold to, to really understand the extent of this phenomenon.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
HYPR, 02 May 2020No it doesn't. You and your propaganda. Stick to you iPhone... moreThats not a propaganda, it was found by cybersecurity experts which know what they are doing unlike you.
I'm not an apple fan before you begin hating.
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- 02 May 2020
Spanky, 02 May 2020That only applies to visted web pages. But the article says... moreNo it doesn't. You and your propaganda. Stick to you iPhone bud. Now there's a company that literally spies on 100% of everything you do on that phone. This stuff for this browser is all in the terms and conditions.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
AresinUAE, 02 May 2020Anyone who thinks their online activity is private is delus... moreWell said. It comes down to fear and jealously in the end.
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- 02 May 2020
NotAnOpinion, 01 May 2020"I think that using the AI of the processor they are lookin... moreDear
Having Artificial Intelligence in a processor is like giving a decision power to the processor.
When the chips are manufactured then they have certain roles for which they are developed. Hence for different roles different chips are designed.
In case the general purpose chips like one used in mobile phones are made to do certain task that are not know or clear to the user may have some drastic effects on the users security of their important data. These chips can be made to copy or collect the essential password or the security access keys so that the users confidential information can be breached.
Such companies & products should be boycotted & not to be used without understanding the potential risk.
Choice is always their in the customer's hand. Its just how they learn the things, Right way or the hard way.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
Thank you GSM Arena for posting this article. I was thinking of buying a Xiaomi cell phone. now I will look elsewhere. No Huawei no Xiaomi....
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
Blacklist them and if OPPO took over, give it some time until it gets bigger then Blacklist it too and so on.
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- Spanky
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- 02 May 2020
Lapis Wolf, 02 May 2020Use a different browser,simple. I usually use Firefox as my... moreThat only applies to visted web pages. But the article says that pretty much everything in the phone gets spied on, from folders opened to settings changed.
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- Spanky
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- 02 May 2020
hmm, 01 May 2020Nobody will look your pictures and videos if your not a cri... moreThey are not looking at all of the pictures directly. They most likely use AI and various algorithms to identify the informations that they want and then… who knows what they do with it?
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- 02 May 2020
Contender7, 02 May 2020As a Xiaomi fan, this info is worrisome! I'm in a limbo whe... moreUse a different browser,simple. I usually use Firefox as my default.
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- 02 May 2020
As a Xiaomi fan, this info is worrisome! I'm in a limbo whether to continue using their devices or no... Pls GSMarena team, could u do your own independent investigation on the subject & put up a robust post on it but this time, not on Xiaomi alone but on all the lead brands... Thanks again for this update... Appreciate your efforts...
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
Anonymous, 02 May 2020don't you watch Mr. Robot series...SEASon 4 ?
in the begin... moreMost apps collect diagnostic data for troubleshooting purpose, but xiaomi is analysing behavior of their users without their consent. Wonder how you are still defending them.
I read samsung privacy policy, they collect some data related to the phone hardware, the only personal data they have is through samsung account, data that YOU give them directly like your name,phone number... At least they tell their users what they are collecting, unlike xiaomi who was trying to deny.
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- 02 May 2020
Anonymous, 02 May 2020Ridiclous xiaomi fans defending their beloved xiaomi. Have ... moreThe fact that these products were bought from China should not make this surprising. Just because Snowden only exposed US/NSA does not mean others don't do it.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 May 2020
Mr. Trump safe us!!!
Ban Xiaomi please. No more google services. Rip Xiaomi.
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- Phones fan
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- 02 May 2020
The subject is serious, the kids who are trying to defend Xiaomi please stop, we all know how apple and google collecting our data and why, but we don't know "if true" why Xiaomi sending our data to Russia.
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- 02 May 2020
"Trees with plenty of fruits are always the target."