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    Lithuania says "Throw away those Chinese Phones"

    Sensible advice really. If they've hidden this sort of capability that can be remotely activated, who knows what else the filthy spying scum have squirreled away in their source code?

    Lithuania’s defence ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities.

    Flagship phones sold in Europe by China’s smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp have a built-in ability to detect and censor terms such as “Free Tibet”, “Long live Taiwan independence” or “democracy movement”, Lithuania’s state-run cybersecurity body said on Tuesday.

    The capability in Xiaomi’s Mi 10T
    5G phone software had been turned off for the “European Union region”, but can be turned on remotely at any time, the defence ministry’s National Cyber Security Centre said in the report.

    “Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible,” Defence Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius told reporters in introducing the report.


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    A security flaw was also found in the P40
    5G phone by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. but none was found in the phone of another Chinese maker, OnePlus, it said.


    Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns | South China Morning Post

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    I only hope that authorities in Canada will issue a similar statement, and soon.

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    The Chinese are welcome to all my secrets. I have led a blameless life and have nothing to hide. I am one of the few on this forum who is actually going to Heaven unlike most here.

    上帝祝福你

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    If they've hidden this sort of capability that can be remotely activated
    if it is just software , ROM flashing should take care of it

    if it is hardware - then we are all fcuked no matter what phone we are using

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    if it is hardware - then we are all fcuked no matter what phone we are using
    I believe this is the problem. Its all made there and the chinks aren't stupid enough to pass up an opportunity...there be reds under the bed, on the bedside table, in the office, lounge and glued to your ear.....cheap tech unchecked, we all love it.

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    What's the new Lithuanian smartphone like?


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    Quote Originally Posted by russellsimpson View Post
    I only hope that authorities in Canada will issue a similar statement, and soon.
    because Canadians need to be told???

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    Quote Originally Posted by can123 View Post
    The Chinese are welcome to all my secrets. I have led a blameless life and have nothing to hide. I am one of the few on this forum who is actually going to Heaven unlike most here. Wil Nius he say上帝祝福你
    Nǐ shì shànghǎi de tóngzhì ma 你是上海的同志嗎Sòng sānsì biànshì wǒmen yào yùzhī送三四便士我們要預支Await furthur instructions via the app, do not insert charging cable into knob while unde rthe affluence.

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    More for China to be all upset about . . .

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    New verb for those who eschew Chinese tech while our Macan and Geordie pals may shour Hua Wei teh lads the generic term is sure to be

    TELETOSSERS, you saw it here first , keep it under your Panama hat, some "deepdive sleepas are keepin the snoopas up all all knight trying to deCY fur the britush sans of humeur, may ure Kiwikraut sausage rise up to meet you and your dog go with you Hattie.

    It must be arden on the soul to be confned on a sheep colony surrounded by Scots -Irish interbred with wild ones sharpening the Teryy Naki knives and whispering mint sauce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by can123 View Post
    The Chinese are welcome to all my secrets. I have led a blameless life and have nothing to hide. I am one of the few on this forum who is actually going to Heaven unlike most here.
    you'll be sent with head first down an old Welsh coal mine pit

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    Quote Originally Posted by can123 View Post
    I am one of the few on this forum who is actually going to Heaven unlike most here.
    Remember to have your teeth fixed before you die

    There are no dentists in heaven

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