Preinstalled malware on low-cost phones stealing data and money from poor people

Re:Preinstalled malware on low-cost phones stealing data and... by aaron695 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:09AM (#24270092)

> called the idea of Chinese-made phones extracting data and money from people living in poverty “digital colonialism.”

How do I leave this timeline?

> blaming an unidentified “vendor in the supply chain process.”

I think at this stage it would be reasonable to assume it might be an Africa vendor. Would they not have some localisation? We can't jump to Chinese hate yet :(

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Re:Preinstalled malware on low-cost phones stealing data and... by netsharc on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:25AM (#24270190)

One link in the article shows the problem also exists in phones sold in Brazil and Myanmar: https://www.upstreamsystems.com/pre-installed-malware-androi... . I'd look at the source.

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