Xiaomi Xiaomi, Yes Papa. Secretly Uploading Pics? No Papa!

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  Ramani Aswath

  I am quite thankful that my ancient (we should call the old 'urr ...tuck' rotary dial phones prehistoric) Nokia barely makes and receives calls. I do send an occasional SMS. Even here the template SMS in the phone serves most of the time.
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  sea_j

  Online privacy and security has always been a concern for Internet users and the issue has gained further prominence in the past year due to revelations about governments spying on their citizens. According to the survey 60% of people say they are more concerned about security now than they were a year ago, though in reality that’s impossible to quantify. Even so, all the respondents who indicated that security had become more of a concern were asked which issues worried them the most.
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  Anoop Kumar

  That's why trust only on open source builds 😀. No one can mess with it.
  Whenever I will get this kind of phone my first move will be root and flash CM or AOSP
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  Root

  Hmm..
  
  I have already learned to eat chop-sticks. It is just a crash course I need to take in either Mandarin or Cantonese. Oh, do they speak our languages?
  
  Welcome, my comrade bha(i)yees...Came and conquer us.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I was taught the'right' technique by a Chinese. It's easier than the traditional one but I couldn't master it. Who cares when you have the agile digits?
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  Root

  True. Own gum is better than the other guy's teeth.
  
  Yet, I just wonder, is it justifiable to us Indians , as a people to merely give up and bend backwards to the whims of our neighbors? As for privacy and security on net, there is some truth. Maybe Facebook and Google know a lot about us. But there is a difference between what information we share willingly ( maybe stupidly) and someone steal it from us. If one can't see the difference it is truly a hopeless situation.
  
  I have seen Indians opinion and react to others fiercely when these "cheap and best" product come into question. Saying goes like "I don't care china or amreekka steal my personal data as long as the price is less and 'specs' are high".
  
  Jolly good fellas, eh?
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  Vipin Thomas

  Its a matter of perception. We have been programmed or rather conditioned to view them as spies by some opportunist Countries and Companies. People upload loads of pics to Facebook and Google. Facebook and Google also track users to give them better personalized experience. Xiaomi is no exception. They've gone one step further to have given apps which helps monitor and control every app. There are lot of security features. We should be careful and know what we are doing, especially while sharing in public and private domain. Speed results in overlooking some important aspects. There have been cases, where I've installed apps and then uninstalled after looking at their permission levels and background activities.