Samsung phones and tablets seem to contain some spyware that communicates regularly with servers in China.
A Publication on reddit mentions a well-known feature called Device Care and it is available on all Samsung phones and tablets.
As Samsung itself confirms, the "Storage" module of Device Care "feeds the 360", but does not provide information on what information it sends to China.
Qihoo 360 is the company that Samsung refers to, and is said to have been involved in various illegal data collection scandals.
Ο χρήστης που ξεκίνησε την δημοσίευση στο reddit αναφέρει ότι η συνεργασία με τέτοια επιχείρηση και η πρόσβαση της σε όλα τα data of the device is extremely dangerous.
“The “Storage” module in your phone has full access to all your personal data (as it is part of the system) and sends this data to government of China when required".
A closer look at Device Care's "Storage" module reveals that when launched, the feature communicates with several servers in China, although it is not yet known which data it sends.
"Unfortunately I was unable to analyze what exactly was transferred to the servers, as I would have to do a attack man in a middle on my phone something that requires root access,” reports the researcher.
Meanwhile disabling Device Care requires root access. Samsung customers have already started posting on the official requests forum a request to remove it software Qihoo 360 by Device Care.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Note10/Please-remove-Qihoo-360-from-Device-Care/td-p/1053778
