Unlike American or Korean companies, Chinese ones are understandably viewed with extra suspicion because India does not exactly have very friendly relations wit

Unlike American or Korean companies, Chinese ones are understandably viewed with extra suspicion because India does not exactly have very friendly relations with China (although this seems to be changing). Also, a couple of months ago, Xiaomi phones uploaded adsressbook information to their servers without user permission. After the backlash, they issued software updates to ask for consent. On a general note, one wonders how many instances of arbitrary data uploading they - by which I mean pretty much every 'cloud' integration provider - get away with. Gather any data, upload it to an IP otherwise publicly known for benign purposes, over an encrypted connection with a closed-source sync daemon, and cover your ass with some vague and easily glossed-over clause in the privacy policy that no one reads. I hope otherwise but I am almost certain something like this exists in every commerical mobile OS today. :-/