Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info
Within this limited scope, the researchers found that Android handsets from the three named vendors"send a worrying amount of Personally Identifiable Information not only to the device vendor but also to service providers like Baidu and to Chinese mobile network operators."
"The data we observe being transmitted includes persistent device identifiers , location identifiers , user profiles , and social connections ," the researchers state in their paper. As an example, the researchers claim that the Redmi phone sends post requests to the URL"tracking.miui.com/track/v4" whenever the preinstalled Settings, Note, Recorder, Phone, Message and Camera apps are opened and used, Data is sent even if users opt out of"Send Usage and Diagnostic Data" during device startup.
The data collection from these devices doesn't change when the devices exit China, the researchers say, even though jurisdictions beyond the Middle Kingdom enforce more robust data protection regimes. And the boffins argue that this means the cited phone vendors and some third-parties can track Chinese travelers and students abroad and learn something about their foreign contacts.
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