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Hundreds Of Millions Of Android Phones Can Spy On Users As 400 Snapdragon Security Flaws Confirmed

Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 By Davey Winder

The Qualcomm Snapdragon chip embedded in 40% of the world’s smartphones can be used to spy on users, researchers say.

Security researchers from Check Point have found an incredible 400 vulnerabilities within code sections of the Qualcomm Snapdragon digital signal processor (DSP) chip found in approximately 40% of the world’s smartphones: high-end devices from Google, OnePlus and Samsung included.

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