Security contractors recently discovered pre-installed software in some Android phones that secretly sends all the user's text messages to China every 72 hours, The New York Times reported. Kryptowire, the security firm that discovered the clandestine feature, said the software was written by the China's Shanghai Adups Technology Company. The software monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in text messages, as well as transmitting the full contents of contact lists and other data. It is unclear if this was done as an attempt to gain information for advertising purposes or a Chinese government effort to collect intelligence. However, it was apparently carried out by design
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