Xiaomi smartphones come equipped with backdoor

[Gerald309]

Xiaomi smartphones come equipped with backdoor
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 10:22 pm
When you buy a new mobile device with certain apps already pre-installed on, you’re effectively forced to trust that the device maker or reseller (depending on who pre-loaded the apps) is not up to anything shady or try to remove them (sometimes you can’t). Or, if you’re a computer science student with an interest in cybersecurity like Thijs Broenink, you can reverse-engineer pre-loaded apps and discover for yourself what they do. In his case, he … More →
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