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Xiaomi Denies Censoring As Lithuania Advises Ditching Phones by SunshineHQ(m): 12:16am On Sep 24, 2021 |
Things had been going so well for rising Chinese technology star Xiaomi. The smartphone maker recently produced another blockbuster quarter, in part helped by the retreat of Huawei in the face of US-led sanctions. It has also been rising high in smartphone OEM rankings. Furthermore, in May Xiaomi managed to achieve a rare victory by persuading the US government to set aside a Trump administration blacklisting that could have restricted American investment in the manufacturer. 1 Like |
Re: Xiaomi Denies Censoring As Lithuania Advises Ditching Phones by SunshineHQ(m): 12:17am On Sep 24, 2021 |
Lithuania's Defense Ministry now appears to have thrown a spanner in the works. According to BBC News and other news outlets, the ministry has advised consumers to throw away their Chinese phones and avoid buying new ones following a damning report from the nation's National Cyber Security Center. Just say no The center conducted a security investigation of three 5G smartphones from Chinese manufacturers that are sold in Lithuania: the Huawei P40 5G, Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G and OnePlus 8T 5G 5G smartphones. Its report claimed that the Xiaomi phone had built-in censorship tools while the Huawei model had security flaws. No cyber security vulnerabilities were identified in the OnePlus device. For example, Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G smartphone was found to have software that could detect and censor terms including "Free Tibet," "Long live Taiwan independence" or "democracy movement." The censoring capability in the software has been turned off for the "European Union region," but can be turned on remotely at any time, the report found. Margiris Abukevičius, Deputy Defense Minister, said: "Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible," BBC News reported. Abukevicius also told Reuters that the ministry has shared its report with cyber security officials from other European Union nations and the United States on Wednesday. 1 Like |
Re: Xiaomi Denies Censoring As Lithuania Advises Ditching Phones by SunshineHQ(m): 12:17am On Sep 24, 2021 |
Xiaomi has robustly defended itself, telling Reuters that its device "does not censor communications to or from its users." "Xiaomi has never and will never restrict or block any personal behaviours of our smartphone users, such as searching, calling, web browsing or the use of third- party communication software," the statement said. 1 Like |
Re: Xiaomi Denies Censoring As Lithuania Advises Ditching Phones by SunshineHQ(m): 12:18am On Sep 24, 2021 |
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