Xiaomi allegedly records user activities, sends the data to remote servers: Report

Xiaomi is allegedly recording and sending user data to remote servers according to a recent report by Forbes.

In an interview with Forbes, cybersecurity researcher Gabi Cirlig had noticed that his Redmi Note 8 smartphone was collecting a significant amount of metadata based on his activities on the phone, including browsing activities. That data was then being sent to remote servers rented by Xiaomi and hosted by the Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, the report said

Cirlig was able to spot a backdoor in his device where he noticed that the device’s default Xiaomi browser had recorded all the websites that he had visited, his search engine queries on Google as well as platforms such as privacy-focused DuckDuckGo along with all the items that he had viewed a news feed feature of the Xiaomi software.