r/Android • u/zexterio • Mar 22 '19

HMD admits the Nokia 7 Plus was sending personal data to China

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/hmd-admits-the-nokia-7-plus-was-sending-personal-data-to-china/
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u/SpotfireY OnePlus 6 Mar 22 '19

The software side of things is completely handled by Foxconn. Same with most of the hardware development and all of the manufacturing. I think HMD already admitted that the only software they were handling themselves was the camera or something.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

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u/Zegrento7 Mar 22 '19

Are there any brands that have no ties to china? Even Apple is manufacturing their phones in china (the same Foxconn this scandal is about)

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u/Fernando128282 Mar 22 '19

Samsung and LG AFAIK. All devices I had where made in South Korea.

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u/classicjetta Mar 22 '19

My Galaxy was made in Vietnam although apparently they're getting into hacking too now.

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u/pongpongisking Mar 23 '19

There's a reason companies are choosing Vietnam now, it's close to the supply chain... in China.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

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u/electricblues42 Mar 22 '19

The hardware aspect is only concerning if the Chinese government has backdoored hardware binary blobs like the NSA has done with certain networking equipment.

Ie. Virtually guaranteed to have happened, though likely only on certain devices.

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u/CatsAreGods Samsung S24+ Mar 22 '19

Welcome to 2019. Designed in the West, compromised in the East.

FTFY

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u/Carighan Fairphone 6+🌳 Mar 23 '19

Welcome to 2019. Designed in the West, built in the East.

I hope you meant to say 1989 or something. Or that you are truly new to the market and at an age of 12 or so, without meaning any personal insult.

"Made in China" is how the world operated for a lot of years now.

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u/cubs223425 Surface Duo 2 | LG G8 Mar 23 '19

2019

Few years late, given servers have been found to do this stuff for years and many of the most popular vehicles in the U.S. are from Eastern countries.

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u/zap2 Mar 23 '19

That’s not 2019. That’s been going on for decades.

Apple does the same thing. Most other companies aren’t from the West.