This is a fine example of everything wrong with proprietary hardware and software.
"For about $50, you can get a smartphone with a high-definition display, fast data service and, according to security contractors, a secret feature: a backdoor that sends all your text messages to China every 72 hours."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
"For about $50, you can get a smartphone with a high-definition display, fast data service and, according to security contractors, a secret feature: a backdoor that sends all your text messages to China every 72 hours."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
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Oh, it's nice that your text messages are being backupped in multiple geographical locations and not just in one datacenter in the US!
No, wait... neither of them provide restore services, do they?
Elena ``of Valhalla'' at 2016-11-16T08:39:46Z
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prefer to just back up the sqlite file myself .. but where did they put it now?
not a biggie though .. I don't do a lot of sms, too lazy to do much typing on a phone.
Yep.