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26 Android Models Sold with Pre-Installed Spyware that can’t be Removed


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Bought a new Android smartphone recently?

Well beware, new reports have come forward exposing a number of rogue retailers that are selling

brand-name Android smartphones loaded with pre-installed spyware.

Researchers at security firm G Data uncovered more than two dozen Android smartphones from

popular name-brand manufacturers, including Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo,

exposing that they have pre-installed spyware laced into the firmware.

G Data, the German security firm is no stranger to exposing smartphone’s ability to spy on people.

Just last year the firm disclosed the Star N9500 is capable of spying on its users and could compromise

personal information as well as steal conversation data without user knowledge or consent.

What’s even more troubling is the pre-installed spyware is being masqueraded as popular apps such

as Facebook and Google Drive, which can not be removed from the device without unlocking it,

as it’s built into the phone’s firmware.

26 Android Models Sold with Pre-Installed Spyware that can’t be Removed

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Is there bany way to remeove them?

Unless you root your device and then use some app too remove the bloat, nopes.

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