• A_A@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel, again, is pushing for this :

    The software in question, AppCloud, developed by the mobile analytics firm IronSource, has been embedded in devices sold primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

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        22 hours ago

        Amongst other things, Israel, if you recall, made some cell phones to explode, so too kill people they don’t like. Or maybe there was something called “Pegasus” that went something like that also ? I would have to do some search to be sure.

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          22 hours ago

          I guess many foreign powers are interested in mass surveillance of unstable regions and low budget phones are a good way to do it. People there need phones and don’t have many options, or don’t care because there are worse problems.

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              8 hours ago

              Samsung has been accused of shipping budget Galaxy A and M series smartphones with pre-installed spyware that users can’t easily remove.

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                8 hours ago

                Read the rest of the article.

                They’re talking about “affordable Samsung models”.

                “Budget” for a Samsung, not “budget” for a smartphone on that region and definitelly not “low budged”.

                Want to check what “low budged” means for a smartphone in unstable (read: poor) regions, go to to AliExpress and search for “cheap smartphone”.