Xiaomi's previous explanation is now "slapped in the face" again
(original title: hit again! At noon on August 13, 2014, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported that Xiaomi, who was recently exposed by Taiwan media and secretly transmitted user information to Beijing server, issued an "upgrade package" to make up for the loophole. However, some netizens once again reflected that many services of Xiaomi's mobile phone after upgrading were still automatically connected to Beijing.
F-Secure, a network security company, earlier disclosed that Xiaomi's mobile phone was sending data back to Beijing, causing users' concern. Xiaomi made a quick remedy and issued a statement apologizing for the incident. It said that the behavior was related to the 'Internet news' service, and also released' OTA upgrade package '. Users can choose to turn off the auto start function of' Internet news'.
However, some netizens posted on ima mobile, a science and Technology Forum, and attached a number of screenshots, pointing out that they upgraded Hongmi 1s to the latest version, then reset it, and preset the Xiaomi service off. It was found that many services still automatically connected to Beijing.
The netizen said that after that, he would run the root machine and uninstall all millet services and built-in programs. After installing a firewall, the system would still be able to connect to Beijing; even after turning off the "Internet news" function, it would still be able to connect to Beijing.
According to netizens, Xiaomi's main update revised the download administrator's part, which needs to go through the proxy server in China, to download directly to foreign websites. The other parts still need to be connected through the server in China.
Chief Bao Qiao, honorary Council of the Hong Kong Information Technology Association, pointed out that the upgrade did not solve the problem of transferring user data to the Beijing server. He said that the incident is rare, because other manufacturers have never been found to have similar problems. Although some software will collect user information, they will first ask for users' opinions.
The person in charge of Xiaomi technology stressed that Xiaomi has never cheated users, and the upgrade package released earlier is the final version for this matter. This upgrade package emphasizes that all network connections to Xiaomi server are Internet services that do not involve user privacy, such as weather, theme, OTA update package, etc.