Xiaomi under investigation for sending user info back to China
After an information security company accused Xiaomi of sending user information without consent back to servers in mainland China, the privacy authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced that it has launched an investigation on the Chinese phone maker, as Apple Daily reported on September 9.
According to Nexusguard Consulting, a multinational information security solution provider, WhatsApp downloaded from Xiaomi's pre-installed App market could have been modified to send user information back to as many as nine servers on the mainland, while the Google Play version sends info to the US.
Among the alleged information receivers are state-owned telecommunications giant China Unicom, and two internet companies based in Beijing and Guangzhou, the Apple Daily reported.
