It`s not a mistake when software was written to explicitly collect and send user data, so why does this keep happening?
Recently, the Nokia 7 Plus — the best phone from the new HMD-owned Nokia by far — was found to be sending private data from a Norwegian user`s phone to a remote server in China. It seems that every time the phone was turned on, unencrypted data containing Henrik Austad`s location, the SIM card number, and the phone`s serial number went flying through the tubes to a Chinese server. HMD Global says this was an `error in the packing process of software` and that it has been fixed.
This may be the most recent case of such a `mistake` but it`s not the only one. Most notably, OnePlus was found to be doing the same thing, for the same reasons, and also fixed things pronto. We`re glad the companies involved provide quick fixes, but how in the hell does this sort of `mistake` happen?
China has laws, too
For starters, collecting and sending the data isn`t a mi...
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