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Huawei automatically deletes images that users downloaded from Twitter

FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
edited January 2019 in General

Why is the phone manufacturers nowadays getting more and more disgusting? Data collection and even control the data you can have in your phone. Although I understand that it is mostly caused by the government, but I still find it quite annoying.

Huawei automatically deletes images that users downloaded from Twitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ai5tfe/vendor_backdoor_huawei_deletes_images_downloaded/

Time to make my own OS.

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  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran
    edited January 2019

    Well, If you have a phone, you already gave up your privacy.
    So the discussion is bullshit.

    Your phone provider, records your position 24/7 for several months, while you use the phone. But you complain about a deleted image?

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
    edited January 2019

    @Neoon said:
    Well, If you have a phone, you already gave up your privacy.
    So the discussion is bullshit.

    The problem is how can you live in the modern world without a phone?

    @Neoon said:
    Your phone provider, records your position 24/7 for several months, while you use the phone. But you complain about a deleted image?

    At least they are not filtering every single information on your phone, which contains more information than just your location.

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  • Neoon said: Well, If you have a phone, you already gave up your privacy.

    Not everything is as black and white as you appear to think it is.

    @FAT32 Honestly not surprised at all given the recent news about Huawei. It's just a matter of time before other things will pop up.

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    @FAT32 said:

    @Neoon said:
    Well, If you have a phone, you already gave up your privacy.
    So the discussion is bullshit.

    The problem is how can you live in the modern world without a phone?

    You can, I did that always. I have not the need to be reachable 24/7, if someone wants something they can call by Landline, simple.

  • eoleol Member

    @Neoon said:
    Well, If you have a phone, you already gave up your privacy.
    So the discussion is bullshit.

    Your phone provider, records your position 24/7 for several months, while you use the phone. But you complain about a deleted image?

    Not to mention video and audio recordings even if it's turned "off".

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  • DrvDrv Member

    Emui is crap.
    These days we have cheap android one devices with decent specs like Xiaomi Mi a2, etc.
    Noone should buy a phone without unlockable bootloader and kernel source code made available.

  • Glad I use iPhone XS MAX bitches.

    Let the Android vs iPhone debate begin.

    grabs popcorn and flies away

  • DrvDrv Member

    @sudoranger said:
    Glad I use iPhone XS MAX bitches.

    Let the Android vs iPhone debate begin.

    grabs popcorn and flies away

    Good for you.
    But some of us like to have more flexibility and a little more control.

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @eol said:
    Not to mention video and audio recordings even if it's turned "off".

    Well technically they can do this, and I believe audio recording is already implemented. I am just sharing the news.

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  • @Drv said:
    But some of us like to have more flexibility and a little more control unnecessary settings (bloatware) and complicated home screen. :joy:

    Ok, maybe my comment is a little absurd. I was talking about Android 4-7. I think Android has improve a lot since the last few years (Android 8 Oreo - 9 Pie).

    Technically, I use both OS but I fall in love with the simplicity of iOS 12. No hate, just honesty. The fact that this topic is about Huawei, I don't think other manufacturers such as Samsung, Xioami, etc. delete your twitter stuff not-to-mention Apple. Apple is the God when it comes to user privacy. Remember when the NSA/FBI/CIA asked about the terrorist icloud's info?

  • IOS master race in.

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  • DrvDrv Member

    Should we do a iOS vs Android thread?:) It looks like it's getting hot ^^

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @sudoranger said:
    Ok, maybe my comment is a little absurd. I was talking about Android 4-7. I think Android has improve a lot since the last few years (Android 8 Oreo - 9 Pie).

    Technically, I use both OS but I fall in love with the simplicity of iOS 12. No hate, just honesty. The fact that this topic is about Huawei, I don't think other manufacturers such as Samsung, Xioami, etc. delete your twitter stuff not-to-mention Apple. Apple is the God when it comes to user privacy. Remember when the NSA/FBI/CIA asked about the terrorist icloud's info?

    I like both iOS and Android but for daily use I will still stick with Android because it provides more freedom and customisability. Even with bloatware you can attempt to remove it or flash a non-stock ROM. Moreover, Apple products are generally harder to fix and everything seems to be closed-source.

    I am fine with both so I will stop comparing this two. Anyway, remember when celebrities photos leaked from iCloud? I have no intend to compare between iOS and Android.

  • No, the one deleted pictures is twitter app. Check the video.

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  • sudorangersudoranger Member
    edited January 2019

    @FAT32 said:
    Anyway, remember when celebrities photos leaked from iCloud? I have no intend to compare between iOS and Android.

    You're right. Security-wise it's Apple's fault but code is never "perfect", code is only ever "good enough". So, the bugs/exploits can happen in any OSes... That's totally different from asking for user data vs hacking...

    This may give you a good laugh @FAT32

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @sudoranger I get your point, I am comparing apple and orange. But privacy and security are closely related.

  • Don't use the Android of your vendor, problem solved.

  • What does Huawei gain from deleting pictures downloaded from Twitter? It doesn't make any sense to me.

  • @Kiwi83 said:
    What does Huawei gain from deleting pictures downloaded from Twitter? It doesn't make any sense to me.

    Censorship.

  • I don't think this discussion should be about iOS vs Android, it's all about phone vendors and their stance on privacy. Some vendors like Google and Huawei are just more invasive that others, with tracking features and analytics turned on by default. Take LG for example, their phones come with all anti-privacy features disabled by default with not even a pop-up requesting you to enable them (except for Google Assistant obviously). You have to manually go in settings and explicitly enable tracking features. Want to use the default fitness application? No problem, it works without signing up and agreeing to give your data away. I'm sure they are not the only company to respect your privacy, or at least I hope!

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  • Off with their heads!

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  • eoleol Member

    <HEAD>off</HEAD>

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  • Huawei can suck it long and hard for all I'm concerned. Hang the princess.

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  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    So, another false flag operation? no wonder.
    The US, China bashing goes on for a while.

  • I thought I made it clear:
    These are not the droids you are looking for.

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  • @solaire said:

    @Kiwi83 said:
    What does Huawei gain from deleting pictures downloaded from Twitter? It doesn't make any sense to me.

    Censorship.

    You can still read tweets and write tweets but you can't download pictures from Twitter? What kind of censorship is that?

    Watching porn and making porn are allowed but downloading porn is not?

  • @Neoon you can always use a custom ROM and enable wifi and cellular service as needed. Even tunnel apps through Tor and block hosts.

    Not everyone can live without a phone, but they can definitely reclaim big parts of their privacy.

  • @Kiwi83 said:

    @solaire said:

    @Kiwi83 said:
    What does Huawei gain from deleting pictures downloaded from Twitter? It doesn't make any sense to me.

    Censorship.

    You can still read tweets and write tweets but you can't download pictures from Twitter? What kind of censorship is that?

    Watching porn and making porn are allowed but downloading porn is not?

    It reeks to me like how Apple hid the filesystem on the iPhone from the users, so everything is just magically there- until it isn't.

  • eoleol Member

    @gol3m said:
    Not everyone can live without a phone, but they can definitely reclaim big parts of their privacy.

    Hm.
    Smartphone and privacy don't go together in my world no matter what you do.

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