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part_of_you@diaspora.psyco.fr
part_of_you

#Android #Mobile OS Snooping By #Samsung, #Xiaomi, #Huawei and #Realme Handsets
#2021

[...] It is worth noting that much of the functionality of the Android OS3 is provided by so-called system apps. These are privileged pre-installed apps that the OS developer bundles with the OS. System apps cannot be deleted (they are installed on a protected read-only disk partition) and can be granted enhanced rights permissions not available to ordinary apps such as those that a user might install. It is common for Android to include pre-installed third-party system apps, i.e. apps not written by the OS developer. One example is the so- called #GApps package of #Google apps (which includes Google Play Services, Google Play store, Google Maps, Youtube etc). Other examples include pre-installed system apps from Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook and so on.
We intercept and analyse the data traffic sent by the Android OS, including by pre-installed system apps, in a range of scenarios [...]

Details of installed apps. Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme, Huawei, Heytap and Google collect details of the #apps installed on a handset. Although less worrisome than #tracking of user interactions with apps, the list of installed apps is potentially sensitive information since it can reveal user interests and traits, e.g. a muslim prayer app, an app for a gay magazine, a mental health app, a political news app. It also may well be unique to one handset, or a small number of handsets, and so act as a device #fingerprint (especially when combined with device hardware/system configuration data, which is also widely collected).
[...]

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/Android_privacy_report.pdf

#privacy

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro with Wear OS to compete with Samsung Galaxy Watch 6: As much to offer but costs less

Smartwatch with its strap folded back behind the watch, and a watchface with a chronometer type face with all the inner gears showing.
The Watch 2 Pro is Xiaomi’s first smartwatch to run Wear OS. It is a properly high-end smartwatch with a 1.43-inch OLED screen inside a 46mm stainless steel case with an IP68 rating. It also features a digital crown, similar to the Apple Watch and the Pixel Watch.

Qualcomm’s 4nm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 chip powers this smartwatch. It comes with a 65-hour battery life promise, higher than the Galaxy Watch 6’s 40-hour claim but lower than the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro’s 80-hour figure.

Xiaomi’s new smartwatch can also measure body composition, which was earlier only available on Galaxy Watches. It also features blood oxygen measurement, heart rate tracking with high heart rate notifications, sleep tracking, and stress measurements. It has dual-frequency GPS, though, which is not available on any Galaxy Watch, and it offers more accurate location tracking accuracy.

So, all in all, very interesting, and it is high time there was better competition in the Wear OS market. It lacks ECG functionality, and we’ll have to see how it does in the real-world for heart rate tracking. So far, only the Huawei watch is close to Apple Watch territory when it comes to really accurate heart rate tracking (my own Galaxy Watch has shown rather disappointing results for exercise tracking). The Huawei watch, though, had its NFC payments functionality pulled in my country, and that was a bit of a dealbreaker for me (and interestingly, the linked article does not mention anything about NFC on the Xiaomi watch).

The Wear OS watches have not had really great battery life, like the Huawei watch does, which runs its own OS. I get about two and a half days off my Galaxy Watch, but I feel it could be better.

So, I’m going to be very interested to see the hands-on reviews of this watch, as well as the objective health tracking tests.

See https://www.sammobile.com/news/xiaomi-watch-2-pro-wear-os-launched-compete-galaxy-watch-6
#Blog, #technology, #WearOS, #xiaomi

faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Chinese tech rivals #Huawei and #Xiaomi have put aside differences to form a "united front" in the battle for the lucrative high-end #smartphone market.

Their patents cooperation will pose a formidable new challenge to key competitors such as the Empire’s global champions, #Apple and #Samsung.

"Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi Corp, two of China’s largest smartphone vendors, have set aside their intellectual property (IP) dispute to forge a global patent cross-licensing deal that covers multiple communications technologies including 5G, which could help bolster the expansion initiatives of both companies."
#Technology #Patents #Sanctions
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3234571/chinese-smartphone-giants-huawei-and-xiaomi-reach-global-patent-cross-licensing-deal-fuelling-both

Chinese smartphone giants Huawei and Xiaomi forge patent cross-licensing pact

Before their global agreement was reached, Huawei had been locked in a patent-infringement lawsuit against Xiaomi.

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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Updated my phone to Androi 13 and many apps no longer work because of the new stupid demands fo allow them to send notifications

I have almost all the notifications turned off, do not like to see or hear their stupid and annoying reminders anytime I do something.

It has been working just fine until this morning when I finally updated my phone to android 13.

I don't think I can go back, and now I have to find alternatives to all those apps.

#Android #Xiaomi #Notification

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mrg@diaspora-fr.org
Mr.G.

Bonjour diaspora* ! J'aimerais savoir si quelqu'un sait si Lineage OS pour Xiaomi Redmi note 9 est compatible avec le Redmi note 9T ? Je ne sais pas si les versions sont compatible avec les déclinaisons du modèle ou si c'est vraiment spécifique ?
Merci pour votre aide !
#lineageos #Xiaomi #antigafam #redminote9T

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danie10@squeet.me
Danie

Germany’s security watchdog finds no evidence of censorship on Xiaomi phones – High time allegations are properly proven or refuted

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Back in September, the Lithuanian National Cyber Security Centre urged citizens not to use Xiaomi’s products. The reason, the Lithuanian NCSC said at the time, was that Xiaomi smartphones have “censorship capabilities”. Defense Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius said that consumers should refrain from purchasing Chinese smartphones, and throw out the ones they already have.

XDA-Developers investigated and found evidence to suggest that the Lithuania NCSC had found Xiaomi’s ad filtering service — not a censorship list. Now the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik), the German federal cybersecurity watchdog, has said that it has found no evidence of censorship on Xiaomi’s smartphones.

It’s excellent to see, though, that a vague allegation that could have a tremendous impact on both innocent users and a manufacturer, are rather properly investigated first. Imagine what sort of impact this allegation could have had, when there was no substance to it.

See https://www.xda-developers.com/german-security-watchdog-no-censorship-xiaomi-phones/

#technology #mobile #censorship #xiaomi #lithuania
#Blog, ##censorship, ##lithuania, ##mobile, ##technology, ##xiaomi

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