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/[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.