I share your concern and findings. Famously, Nokia (HMD Global), also had apps that could perform such functions, developed by Evenwell Digitech Inc. I wrote a

I share your concern and findings. Famously, Nokia (HMD Global), also had apps that could perform such functions, developed by Evenwell Digitech Inc. I wrote about it here -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17329825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17329825, though it didn't gain much traction for a while. In the end, Nokia (HMD Global) appologised, and said that the apps were mistakenly included in global phone versions (they're supposed to be China-only), but they are being investigated by the Finnish DPO. -- https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-finland-telecoms/finland-to-investigate-nokia-branded-phones-after-data-breach-report-idUKKCN1R20XO https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-finland-telecoms/finland-t...