Some Nokia smartphones sent data to China

A Nokia 7 owner has determined that data has been sent to a Chinese server by badyzing the network traffic of his Nokia 7. A spokesperson for HMD Global has already acknowledged a software bug as a cause.

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A Nokia 7 owner has determined that data has been sent to a Chinese server by badyzing the network traffic of his Nokia 7. A spokesperson for HMD Global has already acknowledged a software bug as a cause.

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The possible sending of data to Chinese servers is a very controversial subject, especially in the context of the ongoing investigation against Huawei. Today, maker HMD Global, which offers a Nokia smartphone, appears to be suspected of having sent data to China. This incident hit a Finnish owner of a Nokia 7 which, according to the user concerned, sent unsolicited data to a server carrying the address vnet.cn – a server owned by China Telecom. This yields "NRK".

A security researcher could therefore understand the problem on his Nokia 7 Plus. Apparently also on the Github code management platform, the Qualcomm source code, which also collects information over the phone and then sends it to the same server.

In addition to the location, the data sent to China must also include the SIM card number and the serial number of the device. HMD Global commented on what happened after a request and explained that the software responsible for communicating with the Chinese server concerned only variants of Nokia 7 and Nokia 7 Plus for the Chinese market. were.

Due to an error, this software should also be partially installed on some devices distributed in the EU. According to HMD Global, the bug has already been fixed in an already released update. Finnish privacy advocates are currently examining what data has been transmitted to Chinese servers and whether the case will have unpleasant consequences for the Nokia manufacturer.

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Source: NRK