Xiaomi Redmi 1SXiaomi India Indian Air Force Issues Security Warning; The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reportedly issued a warning to the squadrons and their families against using Xiaomi phones. In the warning, they have mentioned that the Chinese manufacturer actually transmits user data and information to its headquarters. Based on a test by security application manufacturer F-Secure, the IAF has issued an alert that Xiaomi phones port the phone number, carrier name, IMEI number (the device identifier), plus numbers in the address book and text messages to some suspicious IP address in Beijing. According to a report published in The New Indian Express, this is being considered as a serious threat. Reportedly, Xiaomi is also facing probe in Taiwan for similar allegations. However, the company has denied all allegations and issued a software patch, which will enable or disable Xiaomis iMessage and MIUI Cloud messaging service. For testing the device, the security company used a boxed handset. After unboxing, they inserted a SIM card, connected to WiFi, allowed GPS location service and then added a new contact. They then send and received SMS and MMS messages and made and received some phone calls. Finally, they found that the phone sent telecom providers name to the server api.account.xiaomi. It also sent IMEI and phone number to the same server. After connecting to the Mi Cloud, they repeated the same procedure and found that IMSI details as well as the IMEI and phone number were sent to the same server.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:49:11 +0000
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