OnePlus system app accused of sending data without asking
OnePlus is apparently still collecting some user and system data through a system app called OPBugReportLite. The app is enabled by default when you power on your smartphone and collects battery stats, kernel panics, your device's crashes and sends that compiled information to a server in Singapore every 6 hours. The app was discovered by a Twitter user Elliot Alderson. You can check if the app is present on your OnePlus device by going to Settings Apps Show system apps and searching for BugReportLite in the list. By default the app dumps mostly battery stats, which is fine but the code allegedly has the option to even dump media files is apparently configurable remotely. The logs from OPBugReportLite are non-encrypted when stored so any app with storage permission could potentially read and use the data. OnePlus hasn't yet commented on the issue, but we expect it to do so very soon. Tthis when allegations regarding user privacy have plagued OnePlus, nor is it the only company found guilty of this. But it did from data collection. |