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Xiaomi Apologizes for Collecting User Information

12
Aug
2014

On August 10, an apology was issued to Xiaomi phone users, as a result of independent researchers finding that the devices collect personal information entered by the user and send it to a remote server.Hugo Barra, Xiaomi global vice president, took it to Google+ to deliver the apologies to the users, informing them that the data leak was due to the Cloud Messaging service, which is automatically enabled when the device is turned on.MIUI Cloud Messaging uses SIM and device identifiers (…

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