Don't buy Chinese phones, throw them away if you already have, Lithuania's regulator says

Add Your News Don't buy Chinese phones, throw them away if you already have, Lithuania's regulator says Flagship Xiaomi phones sold in Europe can detect and censor terms such as 'Free Tibet' and 'Long live Taiwan independence', says the state cybersecurity body. The capability in the Mi 10T 5G phone software had been turned off for the region but can be remotely activated, the report adds Lithuania's defence ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities. Flagship…