Either way, the incognito mode of the Xiaomi browser, both versions of Mint and Pro, send browsing data when the user uses it. At least so far: the company has inserted a button in the app settings to cut any data shared by its servers.
Privacy on our phones is an increasing concern for many users, especially after a recent data theft. Since they are permanently connected, it would be good to cut the tap on a lot of that information the programs and the program itself share our uses; as is the case with everything we do with a web browser. And Xiaomi had a run-in with privacy right in its browser: after a controversial article in which the company was accused of sharing confidential information with its servers, Xiaomi introduced a button that wants to know about its incognito mode …
More privacy in the Xiaomi browser
This past weekend Forbes published a controversial article against Xiaomi and the poor privacy of its Android phones. In this article, the media suspects the Chinese genre send usage data to your servers from Xiaomi mobiles, especially through Mint and Pro browsers. In addition to specifying that the phones used in the research contained the Chinese version of MIUI, Forbes revealed that the company's browsers collected browsing information, keywords used in search engines (including DuckDuckGo) and what the feed was looking for. from MIUI news. Data was sent to servers in Singapore and Russia. And the most curious thing is to have a browser up to information recorded during the session in incognito mode, which in thought should be private.
Xiaomi had been publishing official legal clarifications regarding Forbes' claim. In the notes the product specifies that at all times the information collected is aggregated and does not contain user-identifying information (Neither Forbes nor the researchers indicated that the information received could be linked to the device ID.) Xiaomi details in official statements that the company's devices comply with international privacy standards and that they are supported by private bodies.
The information collected by the Xiaomi browser is not linked to user IDs
Without specification, the fact is that product browsers (Mint and Pro) collect usage data, both on Xiaomi phones that are re-installing MIUI and on the app that can be downloaded on Google Play. Y the data collection in incognito mode is also real, This has been dubbed by Xiaomi itself. Although from now on all users of the product browser can choose whether or not to send information during incognito mode, they should do the following:
- The browser should be updated to the latest version available: 12.1.4 for Pro and 3.4.3 for the Mint version.
- Go to browser settings and go to incognito mode settings.
- Make sureEnhanced incognito mode& # 39; t not working. In the event that you want to export your data to Xiaomi, every time the specified mode is used (in standard navigation the aggregated data remains shared), activate the option.
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