https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/bu...data-to-china/
This only applies to inexpensive phones originally intended for the domestic Chinese market.
Quote:
Commercial firmware pre-installed on some Android smartphone models sold in the US has been found to be secretly sending highly sensitive data to a third party company based in China, according to analysis by security firm Kryptowire.
Personal data being transmitted without users? knowledge or consent included text messages, call logs, contacts, app usage data and even a user?s location.
While smartphones with the firmware in question included the BLU R1 HD, pictured above, which is sold for circa $50 via major retailers such as Amazon.com.
A full list of affected devices is not available at this point. ...
... in an interview with the NYT, a lawyer representing Adups said the firmware functionality was built at the request of an unidentified Chinese client who intended it to be used to combat spam text messages and for customer support. Although the paper notes US authorities aren?t ruling out the possibility it might have been a Chinese government effort to collect intelligence on US mobile users.
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