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Does Your Samsung Galaxy S10 Come With Undeletable Chinese Spyware Pre-Installed?

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 By Davey Winder

An undeletable, pre-installed app on flagship Samsung smartphones is apparently sending data back to China. So, should you be worried?

The long and short of it is that Samsung’s Device Care app, specifically the storage scanner part, is sending data back to China and the user cannot do anything about it as it’s a pre-installed app. So, should you be worried?

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News Tags:China, Samsung, Spyware

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