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Lithuania asked to discard Chinese cell phones for safety
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Through a spokesperson, Huawei told the BBC that the company’s priority is to comply with the laws and regulations of the countries in which it operates and assured that “data is never processed off-device” of the company, according to Télam.
Models manufactured in China low indictment in Lithuania there are two: the Mi 10T 5G from Xiaomi and the P40 5G from Huawei.
In the first, software was identified that can detect and censor about 500 words, including “Free Tibet”, “Long Live Taiwan Independence” or “Democratic Movement”, picked up the ANSA news agency.
Generally, on devices sold in Europe, this function is disabled, but according to the Lithuanian report, it can be activated remotely at any time.
“Xiaomi devices do not censor communications to or from their users”a spokeswoman told the BBC.
He added that “Xiaomi never did and will never limit or block any personal behavior of our smartphone users.”
Regarding the Huawei model, the report evidenced the presence of a flaw that puts users at risk of computer security breaches.
“The official Huawei AppGallery application store directs users to third-party electronic stores where some applications have been found to be infected by viruses,” explained the Cyber Security Center.
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