Some Chinese phones reportedly have spyware/malware that shares information back with servers in China, which transmits data regardless whether you want to or n

Some Chinese phones reportedly have spyware/malware that shares information back with servers in China, which transmits data regardless whether you want to or not, even without a SIM card. It's possible that there are also firmware level backdoors which can't be blocked by rooting the phone or unlocking the bootloader. [1] http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141003000002&cid=1102 http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=2014...