The year 2021 can be considered to be brilliant for Xiaomi as the company dethroned Samsung to be the global leader in terms of shipments. However, it seems like Xiaomi’s dream run might not be long lasting as a recent government report has made some serious claims regarding the smartphones made by the Chinese giant. 

The cybersecurity body of the Lithuania government has published a report which claims that Xiaomi smartphones have the ability to detect, and censor specific terms on the smartphone. The cybersecurity body conducted this test mainly on three smartphones: the OnePlus 8T, the Huawei P40, and the Mi 10T. The report states that there are several pre-installed applications on the Mi 10T including the Mi Browser that occasionally receive a blocked keyword from the smartphone manufacturer. These blocked keywords are often related to Taiwanese independence like freeing Tibet, and a lot more. The Mi 10T then automatically blocks any content related to these blocked keywords. 

The report also states that this function is disabled in the Xiaomi phones that are sold in Lithuanian and the European Union markets. It might be possible that this function is meant only for Xiaomi smartphones sold in China, and neighbouring areas. However, the cybersecurity body claims that Xiaomi has the ability to remotely activate this function. 

It is interesting to note that the alleged blocklist is known as “MiAdBlocklist”, and the functionality applied to applications on the smartphone like package installer, Cleaner, and several Security tools as well. It indicates that the blocklist might not be meant for communications, but system ads. The report also indicated its annoyance towards the data collected by preinstalled applications, especially the Mi browser, and sending of an encrypted message when the user is registering for the Xiaomi cloud services. The report added that this puts the user at risk of their data being stolen as no one can know the contents of that message. 

How did the other phones perform?

The cybersecurity body found one issue on the Huawei P40. The report stated that the app gallery on the Huawei P40 redirects users to other third party applications when a suitable app is not installed on the device. And most of these third party stores contain several malicious applications. However, Huawei does not have a lot of options here as it cannot use the Google Play Store, and other Google services. But it can have a talk with these third party stores to remove the applications that are supposed to be malicious. 

The report did not mention anything about the OnePlus 8T, and it did not find any security issues on the device. 

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Via: Reuters

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Xiaomi Mi 6 will be available in China starting from April 28

Xiomi just introduces it’s latest flagship smartphone ‘ Mi 6 ‘ in china. Xiaomi Mi 6 available in two variants, the GB RAM with 64GB internal storage version available at 2499 yuan (Rs. 23,500 approx.) and 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version available at 2899 yuan (Rs. 27,500 approx.). There is also ceramic body version with price tag 2999 yuan (Rs. 28,500 approx.).

On the design front, it looks very stylish and premium stainless steel frame sandwiched between two layers of glass. It has a four-sided curved 3D glass for good look. This phone comes in Bright Blue, Bright Black, and White colors and there is also Silver Edition with a reflective mirror finish Stainless steel frame as well as a Ceramic version with an 18K gold finish around the camera.

The Xiaomi Mi 6 feature a 5.15-inch Full HD display with resolution 1920×1080 pixels. The display has a brightness of 600 nits and features 4096 levels of backlight adjustment. The display’s brightness goes all the way down to 1 nit in order to alleviate eye strain at night. It is power by latest and powerful 2.45GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 64-bit processor with 6GB LPDDR4x RAM and 64GB & 128GB internal storage options.

The dual SIM phone runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with MIUI 8. On the camera front, it has a 12MP rear camera with dual tone LED flash and 8MP front-facing camera. When coming to connectivity, it has a 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, and USB Type-C. It’s not come with 3.5 mm jack. Xiaomi Mi 6 supports 4G + networks with up to 600Mbps download and 100Mbps upload speeds. It also comes with NFC on board and is compatible with Xiaomi’s Mi Pay mobile payment service.

It also has an under-glass ultrasonic fingerprint sensor at the front that can also be used for quick payments. The Xiaomi Mi 6 comes with 3350mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and 18W fast charging.

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