A memory scanner on Samsung devices is supposed to communicate with Chinese servers. Discoverer speaks of “spyware”.

As futurezone reports, a Reddit user that pre-installed storage software on Samsung smartphones and tablets is supposed to report activities to China. The thread went viral in a short time.

The affected feature is called “Device Care” and includes an integrated memory scanner that comes from the Chinese data mining and antivirus company Qihoo 360. in several data protection scandals in the past .

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According to the user, it is a big risk to commission a dubious company like Qihoo 360 to store data. The storage scanner is intended to have full access to all personal data as it is part of the system and cannot be removed independently.

The Storage scanner on your phone has full access to all your personal data (since it's part of the system), and by Chinese laws and regulations, would send these data to the government when required .

The Reddit user describes the affected software as “spyware”. A closer look revealed that the feature communicates with multiple Chinese servers when launched. However, it is not possible to understand exactly which data is being transferred.

Samsung users demand removal of “Device Care”

You can block the software, but it's not that easy. This represents an opportunity to “blacklist” Chinese domains or to install ad blockers such as AdAway or Blokada via root access. This is intended to make access to the domains more difficult.

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Samsung users are calling for the “Device Care” software to be removed from the devices in the official forums. Samsung has not yet responded to these demands or to a request from “ Softpedia News ”.

Related to the topic: Spyware disguised as a WhatsApp update

Source: futurezone
Article image: Shutterstock / By H_Ko


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