Cheap Android-smartphone drained your data in China

According to a study by Kryptowire, inexpensive Android-device constantly monitors their owners. 

Once every 72 hours with the smartphone is sent compressed archive, which includes all the current 

user's correspondence. [TheVerge]

This "feature» Android-devices

The most interesting thing is that it does not matter in the territory of the country you are and where you've purchased a smartphone. In addition to correspondence, electronic gadgets collect data about the history of phone calls and moving the user by tracking changes in the GPS-location.

And it's not that at All Android-gadgets installed any third-party software or a virus. Kryptowire specialists underline that this functionality is simply laid smartphones.

This is not a vulnerability - is a feature of devices.

Vice President Tom Kryptowire Karigyaniss

How many such devices are under surveillance

According to data Kryptowire today such monitoring is carried out more than 700 million budget Android smartphones worldwide. According to the company, with the Chinese intelligence services cooperate big brands such as Huawei and ZTE.

The press service said the companies declined to comment.

Can I get rid of it

The principle of the installation of spyware is not fully disclosed. Not long ago, an American manufacturer of smart phones, the company BLU Products, found that more than 120,000 devices constantly gather information about the user's location. The resulting data is sent to a server in China.

The company responded immediately and issued a software patch, which restricted access third-party applications to personal data.

That's only in this case, himself intervened device manufacturer. Manufacture of other Android-devices on the news have not responded. Independently you are unlikely to get rid of spyware, as it is removed before the end is not clear.

And what to do?

Accept it as a fact. Inexpensive Android-smartphone can serve as a tool for tracking correspondence, your movement and circle of friends. If you have nothing to hide - once again pobespokoytes of bank cards linked to your account. Just in case.

If the idea of ​​surveillance is haunted - consider buying a flagship or welcome to iOS-clan members. It is said that with the surveillance, Apple is not so started.