Lithuania tells citizens to bin Chinese mobile phones


Source: anews.com.tr anews.com.tr

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Lithuanian authorities have asked citizens not to buy Chinese mobile phones and discard any they might already have after a government report claimed they may have censorship capabilities installed. A report by Lithuania's cybersecurity body on Tuesday said phones made by Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi have built-in censorship tools to recognize various terms, including "Free Tibet," "Long live Taiwan independence" and "democracy movement," according to a report by Politico Europe. The censorship software in Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G phone had been switched off in the "European Union region" but can be switched on remotely at any time, the report by...