security Experts have discovered that some Android smartphones, particularly the more economic and accessible in the market, monitor the text messages of their users and send them to a server in China every 72 hours. This includes brands such as Huawei, ZTE and the u.s. BLU.
responsible for finding is the firm expert in computer security Kriptowire, who also assured the New York Times that these terminals also track the location data of the user and his call log. The software was written by a chinese company called Shanghai Adups Technology.
Tom Karygiannis, vice president of product of the security firm, said to the Verge that do not have clear what is the purpose of this software is surveillance; what we are sure of is that this is not a security flaw or vulnerability is accidental, it is a feature that exists because the manufacturers want it to be there.
The chinese company Adups claims to have its software installed on over 700 million devices, including terminals, of the brands ZTE and Huawei, in addition to the american company BLU (although only 120,000 units of this brand would be affected). Adups also ensured that the software is not directed to the american public, or so they say.
By now the manufacturers have not spoken on it, but this could be a serious case of home monitoring through smartphones low-end, such that the majority of people in the world can buy. [The New York Times via Verge]
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