Lo smartphone it has become less and less an accessory and more and more necessary. At the expense of privacy, many users choose to download applications and give permission, unaware that such permissions could undermine their privacy. Time ago Xiaomi he found himself in the eye of the storm for a "scandal" related to My Browser, that is the proprietary browser pre-installed on your devices. But the other bands do the same thing? Recent research claims yes.
Some companies like Xiaomi, Huawei, realme and Samsung would share our data even if the smartphone is turned off: the scientific study.
The University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Trinity College in Dublin in Ireland they have jointly brought forward one studio. A smartphone sends an immense amount of information every second but, at the same time, it can show a good part of ours. Among this, customs, habits and habits as well as research results. And the worst is when this action is performed without our consent.
Different models of Android-based smartphones (we talk about brands like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and realme) as well as others who perform LineageOS and the operating system / And /, share data on the use that the person makes of the device with the developer of the operating system but also with third parties.
But that is not all. The really serious thing is that this situation can also occur when the parameters of the smartphone have been set so that it cannot send data. Among these scenarios, ironically, there is also the one for which it is smartphone is completely turned off. Researchers have come to determine a large amount of data being transmitted.
The study states that brands such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and realme collect data such as user identifiers, identification numbers of each device, information on the configuration of the device. But whose fault is it? Researchers say Google is primarily responsible for communicating this data. In fact, they claim that the Google services Play and the Google Play Store collect large volumes of data from all smartphones. Only devices based on / and / are exempted by not having the Google app store.
With this article we do not intend to throw mud on any company, but only to disclose research proposed by authoritative sources.
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