Some Android Sending PII Without Consent

[I7guy]

Interesting read at:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...out-user-consent-or-disclosure-300362844.html

Kryptowire has identified several models of Android mobile devices that contained firmware that collected sensitive personal data about their users and transmitted this sensitive data to third-party servers without disclosure or the users' consent. These devices were available through major US-based online retailers (Amazon, BestBuy, for example) and included popular smartphones such as the BLU R1 HD. The core of the monitoring activities took place using a commercial Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update software system that was shipped with the Android devices we tested and were managed by a company named Shanghai Adups Technology Co. Ltd.

Unfortunately, a sign of the times.

 

[hallux]

I thought there was a thread on this already but I can't find it. As indicated, that stuff is built into the ad networks used on the super-cheap devices, other devices built in China (what devices AREN'T?) with software installed or managed by a US or Korean company won't have this.