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Claims of phone gag refuted

CHINA’S Xiaomi Corp said yesterday that its devices do not censor users’ communications, a day after Lithuania’s Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant’s flagship phone.

Lithuania’s National Cyber Security Center said it found four major cybersecurity risks for devices made by Huawei and Xiaomi, including two relating to pre-installed apps and one involving personal data leakage, and warned against using these two brands.

A Huawei spokesperson in Lithuania denied the allegations. Xiaomi denied its phones could be used to censor or posed privacy risks, saying they complied with the European Union’s stringent privacy regulations.

“Xiaomi’s devices do not censor communications to or from its users,” the company said in a statement. “Xiaomi has never and will never restrict or block any personal behaviors of our smartphone users, such as searching, calling, web browsing or the use of third-party communication software. Xiaomi fully respects and protects the legal rights of all users.”




 

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