Warning: Xiaomi, the Chinese Mobile Giant is Leaking Information to its Government!

Xiaomi, the Chinese mobile giant that is offering phones at a low price has now been credited with leaking information to the Chinese government.

Well……….WHAT??? Privacy?? Nope.

The device in question here is the Redmi Note which streams data to the company's Mi Cloud servers while on Wifi but has also been found to remain in touch with the Chinese servers during cellular connectivity.

According to a report the Indian air force has given a medium threat warning to its squadrons. The Indian air force’s intelligence unit has also prepared a note based on the investigations and information by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team. The Indian air force is not the the first one to ponder over this abnormal information leak.


The Taiwan government and the f-secure security agency have also researched on this matter.A user from Hong Kong has also reported that Xiaomi RedMi Note sends data to a server based in China. Here is a screenshot from that user which proves that the phone is leaking information:-

The interesting fact is that while the initial testing done by F-Secure on a Redmi 1S on August 4 2014 showed the issue of data automatically being transmitted, the testing of the phone on August 14 2014 after an OS update confirmed that the issue is no longer present !

Though the fact does remain that Xiaomi cannot take user information without permission, it is a very much possible threat. So the next time you are going to buy a phone think well and be aware people!