Spyware tool for ZTE

Some of these things are implemented at the firmware level, which makes them much harder to find than just looking for a particular app that could be named anything. I haven't sniffed packets to see if anything else gets transferred. I do notice the bits and pieces of system apps that come from companies like Baidu and Alibaba subsidiaries. I mean, they are basically the Chinese versions of Google so I figure it's just the Chinese versions of Google-type apps and services. I've run the stock firmware on phone through the ringer so far when it comes to generic malware.

So far I haven't been suspicious of anything funky. Haven't rooted yet, though. Just the conspiracy theorist in me I think most have good intentions, and try to keep your data safe, and i certainly hope ZTE is found innocent of the above as well. If they don't take your data, someone who hacks them will. Hate to be so negative, but that's the way I see it.

I have to assume my data is not safe for any number of reasons. If you want privacy, don't turn on your phone. Even dumbphones are a great privacy hole, I don't even mention featurephones or smartphones. Read RMStallman's opinion about phones. Oh believe me.

Where's the proof?

I have a tinfoil hat as well. There was no proof given. ZTE got a temporary lift on trade restrictions this summer so basically I see no reason they'd make a phone today to intentionally ruin the rapport with the U. I came to the conclusion the gov't and our investors are really only worried that China will take business from us and our allies. The fact that U. The only fact in the whole thing that is questionable is that some major Chinese tech companies did reverse engineer a lot of tech from Cisco and other companies to make competitive products but that's about it.

Not too worried about it, I have it behind an enterprise firewall with gateway av, ips and anti-bot as well, and neither my corporate anti-malware app, nor my firewall has found any suspicious activity. I'll be monitoring the thread for sure but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I'm not happy about the article I'm guessing there's nothing on the Axon 7 however.

There is nothing "new " here other than slapping a different company name. The name escapes me what that company was, but I'm sure that someone will thow it down as soon as I post this. Just a smaill thing to point out OTOH, none of that protects your data from going out.

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Mainly just inbound traffic. Android does fine with security but privacy is not why Google made an operating system. However, Huawei confirmed on Twitter that both firms had been targeted. H uawei added that the Australian government had banned its products despite the Chinese firm "safely and securely" delivering wireless technology in the country for nearly 15 years.

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