Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by nomel on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:22PM
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> What else do you need ?
Evidence/details of the very specific claims that go beyond that.
Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by fsflover on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:28PM
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Even if there is no evidence today, they can start doing it at any moment. Are you fine with that? Are you checking your connections every day?
Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by rcxdude on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @03:10PM
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There isn't actually evidence of that. These connections are actually being done by the OS, which you can control if you are using an open-source ROM. Just because on OS doesn't currently change the defaults from the manufacturer doesn't mean others are the same (in fact, grapheneOS goes to some lengths to strip as much of the identifying information vanilla android sends as they can, proxies this through their own server, and gives you an option of disabling it altogether). The default behaviour of AGPS on android is concerning and a big privacy violation, but this article felt the need to add some extra BS to scare you into buying their hardware specifically.
Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by Animats on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:18PM
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So it's in Qualcomm's privacy policy. So what? Where did the consumer agree to that? If the phone never went through Google activation, no transaction ever happened which bound the consumer.
Class action lawsuit time.
What else do you need ?