Huawei phones are flagging Google apps as Trojan malware, saying that the app was detected sending SMS privately, enticing users to pay with adult content, downloading/installing apps privately, or stealing private information, which may cause property damage and privacy leakage.

I’m seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this “malicious software” has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.

  • Joncash2@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    That’s because the accusations and bans were on telco equipment. Hell, you can still buy Huawei phones on Amazon if you wanted to in the states. You don’t seem to understand what all the propaganda hub bub was about to begin with.

    *Edit:

    I think you’re completely misunderstanding my position. My position is Huawei is considered worse than google because of US propaganda. Not that Huawei is better than google. And that propaganda is not substantiated.

    • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure that Huawei is considered worse because of US propaganda for everyone, or even most, but I can accept some.
      I know a few people that certainly had their issues with them before I ever saw them even mentioned in the general media or online, before the propaganda we se now started.

      In any case, if you say “that propaganda is not substantiated”, then can you please elaborate what specific claims where made and are wrong? Because as propaganda does they use everything negative about something and then make up some more, so if it’s all unsubstantiated wouldn’t that mean Huawei is absolute good and has never done anything even slightly bad?

      My claims are that:

      • Huawei collects users private information, that they have no business and no reason collecting
      • if the CCP asks, Huawei will comply
        • in handing over user data
        • in not shipping or threatening to not ship components for infrastructure for geopolitical reasons (the thing most countries claiming as their reason to ban Huawei from their infrastructure)
      • Huawei is not worker owned, though they claim to be (this ones new after the other discussion I linked above)

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      Some of my reasons for believing this are in this comment I linked above.

      Outline your claims, or refute evidence for mine, or add evidence against mine

      • Joncash2@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think we have differing opinions actually. I’m saying there have been many countries that have stated they do not see the stuff USA talks about to make it reasonable to ban. They all shut up and followed the US after 2020 and individuals even started to say Huawei is more evil than American companies. Again without any particular evidence.

        Would I argue that Google and Huawei do similar and equally bad things, yes absolutely. I’m just tired of people attacking Huawei and saying they’re worse than American corps. That’s all I’m trying to say here.