Known for its high end, low budget smartphones Xiaomi poses a large market share in no time. Chinese manufacturer at the moment ranks 3rd largest mobile manufacturer in the world.
Having won many hearts in and out of the country, entitled as 'Apple of China' is happening to be on the same line as Apple. We heard of security concerns with Apple and now Xiaomi poses a threat reports claim.
A Hong Kong user claimed that somehow the Xiaomi device is connected to the IP and shares the numbers(mobile numbers) when SMSes are sent to remote servers at China.
Also, IAF (Indian Air Force) alerted its commands and family not to use Xiaomi phones as they track location and send the information to servers across China.
It's even said that Taiwanese government claimed on Xiaomis security and would revert within three months.
New Indian Express reported that:
"F-secure, a leading security company has made a test on Redmi 1s, and said that it's sharing IMEI number, carrier name, mobile number along with numbers in the address book/phone book back to Beijing".
In response Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra said that the data is completely secure and is encrypted with AES-128 algorithms which is impossible for anyone to hack through, even Xiaomi employees will not be able to decrypt the data.
He even added that they have many customers from India and they can't lose their share/revenue from them. Over 2.5 lakh units were sold at India. The data is sent to the servers located at Singapore and U.S.A. They are even ready to setup a data server for Indian customers at India for their security.
Going in depth with the statement of Barra on setting up a data server at India, it seems that there are security issues. But it also might be a plan on not to lose Indian customers.
Having won many hearts in and out of the country, entitled as 'Apple of China' is happening to be on the same line as Apple. We heard of security concerns with Apple and now Xiaomi poses a threat reports claim.
A Hong Kong user claimed that somehow the Xiaomi device is connected to the IP and shares the numbers(mobile numbers) when SMSes are sent to remote servers at China.
Also, IAF (Indian Air Force) alerted its commands and family not to use Xiaomi phones as they track location and send the information to servers across China.
It's even said that Taiwanese government claimed on Xiaomis security and would revert within three months.
New Indian Express reported that:
"F-secure, a leading security company has made a test on Redmi 1s, and said that it's sharing IMEI number, carrier name, mobile number along with numbers in the address book/phone book back to Beijing".
In response Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra said that the data is completely secure and is encrypted with AES-128 algorithms which is impossible for anyone to hack through, even Xiaomi employees will not be able to decrypt the data.
He even added that they have many customers from India and they can't lose their share/revenue from them. Over 2.5 lakh units were sold at India. The data is sent to the servers located at Singapore and U.S.A. They are even ready to setup a data server for Indian customers at India for their security.
Going in depth with the statement of Barra on setting up a data server at India, it seems that there are security issues. But it also might be a plan on not to lose Indian customers.
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