It has been revealed that many smart phones manufactured in china came with pre-installed software that is said to be responsible for sniffing SMS, mobile contacts and other Data and was storing that at 4 servers in China.
The software was developed by a company called “Shanghai Adups Technology Company” which is said to be storing the data collected from the mobile phones. It is not known how many smart phones were affected by it said that there are in millions.
[junkie-alert style=”green”] George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ was not meant to be a guide for communist regimes to control the people but it seems that China is using it as a guide book. The novel covers the story of a regime which records each and everything which the people says and even criminalizes people for “thinking” certain things. [/junkie-alert]
United States based mobile company “BLU” said that only 120,000 of their mobile phones were affected, claiming they didn’t knew that Chinese manufacturer was installing this software.
Chinese manufactured mobile phones are very common in Pakistan but until now it is not clear how many mobiles are affected in Pakistan.