Xiaomi secretly sending your info to Chinese servers
quicky008
Technomancer
I could never get myself to trust these awful chinese cell phone manufacturers-something didn't really seem right about them.This disquieting report only confirms that my suspicions were not entirely unfounded-i wonder what the Chinese govt actually plans to do with all that data,i hope they aren't planning in secret to build some kind of instrument of war that could be used to take over the world or something.
If Chinese are to built an instrument of war they would need a lot more data than who my friends are, my favourite places to visit, or the songs I listen. They can't make use of anyone's personal data unless they happen to be working with Indian government in department of security.
What if someone who do work with department of security buys a Xiaomi phones. Sh!t!
What if someone who do work with department of security buys a Xiaomi phones. Sh!t!
arijitsinha
﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿ O'RLY?
Terminator?
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Spyware everywhere.... ****...
There's a highly researched topic called behavioral analytics. You'd be very surprised to know how a trend is analysed with all this data. Ultimately, the aim of such organizations is crowd control and manipulation.
Your friends list, the websites you visit, the images you take might all seem unimportant and pretty much useless to you; but, that's in your own context.
What would I do if I have access to the said data for a thousand people?
Map an event that is visible to the said sample space of 1000 people, say the Russia - Ukraine issue. Take notes of the frequency of mentions of the countries, record opinions etc.
People open up and lash in private, thus we derive pure opinions from tracking their messages. We'd also get to know how much a person ignores the said topic (why is this relevant? because the targeted sample is assumed to posses the basic skill of reading news, and thus another metric of how a population is aware of current affairs is generated)
Geolocation, well duh - travel patterns, spending patterns, browsing patterns and even the number of clicks you make is relevant now, in this world. This is just a wild guess of options I typed up in a couple of minutes. Imagine a scientist doing the same.
Now with all this pattern data and information, the final question comes "What's the bloody use?"
Well, information is power. When you're the ambassador to India, I'll just send you that selfie you took with your sister's makeup then suddenly deleting it without realizing it actually went though the cloud storage and thus our servers. ggwp
thing is we are better off trusting the nsa than some unknown source,could be a bunch of not-so-friendly scammers and hackers
nsa would not misuse the info to withdraw money from your account or something
Esoteric Eric
Journeyman
Everybody (government) is interested in somebody
I personally don't think the NSA is any different. Even our own government wants Facebook to comply. Blackberry denied our government the chance to let them have the encryption algorithm needed to snoop into their user's data. So, its not like the Chinese are the only one. Just that they are fashionably hated in general. Now if Snowden hadn't come out with his story, what would one have thought about USA ?
I don't think this is going to make a difference in my life (unless my data gets routinely streamed to some hacker in China). Besides, its a coincidence that I do not (and will not) own a Mi3.
The keyword here is, destination. There is a difference between spying and hacking. I'd be wary of the latter, Chinese or not. What if someone phishes my bank account details ? Tracks me for malicious reasons ? Harasses me randomly ? That is not okay.
I personally don't think the NSA is any different. Even our own government wants Facebook to comply. Blackberry denied our government the chance to let them have the encryption algorithm needed to snoop into their user's data. So, its not like the Chinese are the only one. Just that they are fashionably hated in general. Now if Snowden hadn't come out with his story, what would one have thought about USA ?
I don't think this is going to make a difference in my life (unless my data gets routinely streamed to some hacker in China). Besides, its a coincidence that I do not (and will not) own a Mi3.
The keyword here is, destination. There is a difference between spying and hacking. I'd be wary of the latter, Chinese or not. What if someone phishes my bank account details ? Tracks me for malicious reasons ? Harasses me randomly ? That is not okay.
sushovan
In the zone
Absolutely baseless and impossible .The author of the source didn't post any screenshot showing this happens on new firmware cause he never installed any new firmware. ( provided this screenshot is real et al). The whole thing seems a big hoax to me
Esoteric Eric
Journeyman
Everything is possible. Its just that this blog post is not convincing enough. A more thorough analysis over at XDA would have had more of an influence on me.
abracadabra
Journeyman
Negative publicity is good publicity!
Eveyone is talking Xiaomi , Xiaomi; WTF!! Was this company even known to the people who talk about it now, a week or two back!! No!
Xiaomi is reaping in its brand name in a negative way Oh no! Its good for their business model anyways; all Indian tech forums, tech blogs written in India are speaking about Xiaomi doin this and that, stocks running out Xiaomi we hate you and F*** Y**. Whatever Xiaomi didnt even have to manipulate the Indian market, Its like Hugo has to just sit in his chair and all attention is got!
Did Xiaomi foresee a blessing in disguise?? WOW! This is called really publicity! Pay nothing and let media do its wonders! Superb marketing!
Eveyone is talking Xiaomi , Xiaomi; WTF!! Was this company even known to the people who talk about it now, a week or two back!! No!
Xiaomi is reaping in its brand name in a negative way Oh no! Its good for their business model anyways; all Indian tech forums, tech blogs written in India are speaking about Xiaomi doin this and that, stocks running out Xiaomi we hate you and F*** Y**. Whatever Xiaomi didnt even have to manipulate the Indian market, Its like Hugo has to just sit in his chair and all attention is got!
Did Xiaomi foresee a blessing in disguise?? WOW! This is called really publicity! Pay nothing and let media do its wonders! Superb marketing!
abracadabra
Journeyman
[MENTION=261170]AbhMkh[/MENTION], wat is your primary device(Phone) ??
