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Did you miss the part where it could be activated remotely, and was modified remotely in an attempt to conceal its nature as a political tool? As we've seen wi
by causi 5y ago
Did you miss the part where it could be activated remotely, and was modified remotely in an attempt to conceal its nature as a political tool? As we've seen with the US, governments will do anything they think they can get away with. Making it known that even the tiniest millimetric step in this direction with not be tolerated is extremely important as the West's tech landscape is occupied more and more by Chinese devices, Chinese software, and Chinese algorithms.
- superjan 5y agoI read that differently: the list on the phone itself wasn’t modified, but the lithuanian report about it, presumably under pressure from china.
- cycomanic 5y ago“They reacted,” Margiris Abukevicius, Lithuania’s vice minister for defense, told me. It seems like you misunderstood, that statement from the Abukevicius clearly states it was Xiaomi who changed the list (and then removed it).
- causi 5y agoHundreds of generic "naughty" words were added to the list remotely by Xiaomi in order to make the list seem like it wasn't intended as a political tool, then Xiaomi remotely deleted it from the phone.
- superjan 5y agoSeems I was wrong. Sorry. This defies the imagination!
- urbanmiffs 5y agoUpdating any smart phone to the same functionality over the air would be trivial though. So if you were the Chinese government wanting to stop those phrases being used at some time in the future, it would make more sense to send the list at the time you activate the list, rather than in advance to be found before it's ever been activated. It seems more provocative than anything else.
- pdimitar 5y agoIt's tempting to assume incompetence but I'll go with the following: they might be testing the waters and check if the Western society is vigilant and reacting to their actions.