Xiaomi responds to user data collection allegations Comments
- LilPhone
- xZI
Anonymous, 04 May 2020I have no doubt Xiaomi is collecting user data, but Forbes is a pretty shit site tooIt's true that Forbes is a rubbish site, but every modern handset will collect your personal data anyway. May it be Google, Facebook, etc.
- Modest Mind
- Sr6
Anonymous, 04 May 2020Unlike Google or Facebook, I don't see Xiaomi targeting me with ads based on the data they col... moreThat's besides the point. Collecting my data is breach of users privacy, hence totally unacceptable.
- Anonymous
- Qch
I have no doubt Xiaomi is collecting user data, but Forbes is a pretty shit site too
- Anonymous
- PZa
Anonymous, 04 May 2020It isnt only about browsing history, it is also about every single thing you do. Opened an app... moreUnlike Google or Facebook, I don't see Xiaomi targeting me with ads based on the data they collected from me. If all Xiaomi wants is to improve user experience, I don't see why they can't collect the data but just be more transparent about it.
- Mr. Machuman
- XR2
and the ironic part is people are fighting on this topic in Facebook,I'm also a Facebook user tho but I ain't that serious about this.cz I know there's no hidden nuclear missile activation code in my phone
- Modest Mind
- Sr6
Anonymous, 04 May 2020Not until american companies do the same. The only thing you can opt out of with Google is the... moreI love EU politics of transparency, privacy protection and crippling politics towards information cracens such as Google, Huawei, Facebook, etc.
- Anonymous
- vry
Back in the day, these were called malwares. Talk about normalizing malwares to the common man.
Yes, that includes MS with their windows 10 telemetry justifications. And this one from Xiaomi.
- Anonymous
- 7XY
Anonymous, 04 May 2020It isnt only about browsing history, it is also about every single thing you do. Opened an app... moreNot until american companies do the same. The only thing you can opt out of with Google is them using your data for "personalisation:" ads, search results, recommendations. They will still collect your data because they have no incentive not to do so. We all know how much american companies just looooooove obeying the law, right?
- harwey
- 3qW
All the manufacturers are collecting data from their customers phones...Main reason for it is to use all that feedback to improve their phones through future updates...system,apps,security...
All four major US carriers were collecting and SELLING those data(private informations) to whoever was willing to pay for them...on a black/gray/muddy/shady....market..Why?To make money...and that's perfectly fine..What Forbes thinks about that?Nah...forget about it, let's cast a stone at Xiaomi... that's much more easier..
- Anonymous
- 8pc
It isnt only about browsing history, it is also about every single thing you do. Opened an app: xiaomi knows, opended a folder: xiaomi knows, listening to music? Cmon they know your taste already.
I know facebook is nowhere near privacy so I merely use it, I know also google collects data but at least you can opt out from the account settings. But xiaomi? I don't think so.
China is a terrible dictatorship, and USA is democratic but have terrible authorities.
So please xiaomi fans, instead of defending xiaomi you should pressure on them to stop it.
- wind
- vV5
so ?? Xiaomi Black Shark 3 still gonna be my next phone...
oohhh.. I'm so scare...
- Anonymous
- 7XY
Anonymous, 04 May 2020just admit xiaomi messed up big time so desperate to defend that stupid brand until must talk ... moreI like how you're completely ignoring that other companies have been collecting user data for years, even going so far as to say that we're just making excuses. Sure, Xiaomi collects user data, but so does every american company. Google and Facebook especially are so intertwined with most people's lives that what Xiaomi did is microscopic compared to the amount of data Google and Facebook have on you.
- Anonymous
- PZa
I've already got the privacy update for the mi browser. I don't know what the fuss is, all browsers collect data especially Google Chrome. Pretty sure privacy focussed browsers like Brave also collect user data. I use Opera myself, and I'm pretty sure it collects data like the rest of them.
- Anonymous
- Dk4
Xiaomi becomes another spy of Chinese government.
- Modest Mind
- S11
Jobaz, 04 May 2020Transparent democracy.. Lol...... We know the truth so calm down and take your hatred elsewher... moreWhat a stupid comment!!! If I hated as you pretend, I would't have been a faithful user of Xiaomi Smartphone Flagships for the last 7 years (and at least 10 of my friends use today Xiaomi Smartphones because of my recommendation)!!! Stop protecting some terrible dictatorship that is blackmailing half of African and Asian countries and oppressing 99% of its population, stealing hundreds of billions of intellectual property of western companies.
- Anonymous
- uH}
Modest Mind, 04 May 2020You didn't justify the wrong with wrong, did you? Apple, Google etc. fall under the jurisdicti... moreI would use the word "terrible" to describe the democracy in the US, given who their president is right now.
- Jobaz
- Nu6
Modest Mind, 04 May 2020You didn't justify the wrong with wrong, did you? Apple, Google etc. fall under the jurisdicti... moreTransparent democracy.. Lol...... We know the truth so calm down and take your hatred elsewhere... This is a phone issue and you're already talking about how perfect and bad a country is..... I won't be surprised if xiaomi gets the knife soon.. The hatred is too much
- Modest Mind
- S11
I'm (I've been) faithful user of Xiaomi Smartphone Flagships for 7 years (and at least 10 of my friends use today Xiaomi Smartphones because of my recommendation) now but reading this article in Forbes put my faith in Xiaomi in tatters. I never used Xiaomi's own browser but it is disturbing because Xiaomi might not limit data collection only in its browser but extend it to other parts of the operating system. If so then I would certainly change Xiaomi for some other brand.
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