Breaksclusive: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi follows Huawei onto US blacklist

[SilverNodashi]

How does this compare to Huawei ban?

It looks like it's just an investment block?

IE, not the full "Google can't even talk to you" story Huawei are subject to?

Perhaps not now, but it could go this route later

 

[Blu82]

Damn! so what other good brands are there? Apart from Samsung and Apple? I LOVE the Huawei camera

Nokia aka HMD Global which is Finnish.

 

[backstreetboy]

Damn! so what other good brands are there? Apart from Samsung and Apple? I LOVE the Huawei camera

The first smartphones made in South Africa – Pricing and specifications

Mara Phones has officially opened the first smartphone manufacturing facility in South Africa, located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

mybroadband.co.za

Lol

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Nokia aka HMD Global which is Finnish.

Nokia make great phones, its amazing how badly choosing Windows mobile rather than Android backfired on them.
It seems once SA moved away from the Nokia craze of the late 90's early 2000's then they pretty much shunned the brand from then on.

 

[Blu82]

Nokia make great phones, its amazing how badly choosing Windows mobile rather than Android backfired on them.
It seems once SA moved away from the Nokia craze of the late 90's early 2000's then they pretty much shunned the brand from then on.

There Android One phones are highly liked.

 

[Bighit]

Damn, just when I was about to purchase a Mi Box. Now a wait and see if GMS will also be blocked on them.

 

[system32]

There is legitimate reasons to be concerned about China. Not just because of China's very long history of human rights abuses inside there own country, butt also their expansionist nature, human rights abuses on neighboring countries, communist ideology...

Except for communist ideology, You just described USA policy

 

[gottagoon]

Nokia make great phones, its amazing how badly choosing Windows mobile rather than Android backfired on them.
It seems once SA moved away from the Nokia craze of the late 90's early 2000's then they pretty much shunned the brand from then on.

Nokia doesn't produce and manufacture their phone's anymore. That is done by Foxconn...and they Chinese too.....

Where will this banning Chinese stuff stop???

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi follows Huawei onto US blacklist

Chip equipment maker Amec also targeted as Trump administration winds down

asia.nikkei.com

If only they could ban “wrong think”

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Nokia doesn't produce and manufacture their phone's anymore. That is done by Foxconn...and they Chinese too.....

Where will this banning Chinese stuff stop???

Foxxcon manufactures for a lot of brands, Apple is an example of one.
I think there is a shakeup coming for manufacturing after Covid and seeing what happens when one country manufactures devices on behalf of many other countries.

 

[RogueTr00per]

Damn, just when I was about to purchase a Mi Box. Now a wait and see if GMS will also be blocked on them.

Though this should only affect new devices or updates?

 

[Aravose]

There is legitimate reasons to be concerned about China. Not just because of China's very long history of human rights abuses inside there own country, butt also their expansionist nature, human rights abuses on neighboring countries, communist ideology...

Are you afraid of South Africa for the same reasons?
Human rights abuses? Check
Communist ideology? Check

 

[kolaval]

Pulls Parler : good

Pulls xiaomi: F Trump

 

[PCWARITM]

This is super lame, Xiaomi make some great products, are America just trying to kill off competition or is there actual cause for privacy concerns?

Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use

Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.

www.forbes.com

These companies do it to themselves.

 

[PCWARITM]

Nokia doesn't produce and manufacture their phone's anymore. That is done by Foxconn...and they Chinese too.....

Where will this banning Chinese stuff stop???

Foxconn manufacture Apple.
Ironically they also manufacture Xiaomi.
This issue with Xiaomi is about software though.

Foxconn do a lot
BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and several CPU sockets, including the TR4 CPU socket on some motherboards.

 

[system32]

I guess US can blacklist anything/anyone in the name of security - even without proof.
Security is the new "Just think of the children" or "War on Terror"

Xiaomi does not sell / have shops / have offices in the US.

Xiaomi only offers a small selection of accessories for sale in the US through Mi.com. There are no plans to sell smartphones through any authorised distributors in the US.

Who do you think will be the next company blocked?

• Oppo (OnePlus)
• Lenovo
• Vivo
• BBK
• Hisense
• TP-Link

 

[PCWARITM]

I guess US can blacklist anything/anyone in the name of security - even without proof.
Security is the new "Just think of the children" or "War on Terror"

Xiaomi does not sell / have shops / have offices in the US.



Who do you think will be the next company blocked?

• Oppo (OnePlus)
• Lenovo
• Vivo
• BBK
• Hisense
• TP-Link

Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use

Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.

www.forbes.com

When he looked around the Web on the device’s default Xiaomi browser, it recorded all the websites he visited, including search engine queries whether with Google or the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo, and every item viewed on a news feed feature of the Xiaomi software. That tracking appeared to be happening even if he used the supposedly private “incognito” mode.

The device was also recording what folders he opened and to which screens he swiped, including the status bar and the settings page. All of the data was being packaged up and sent to remote servers in Singapore and Russia, though the Web domains they hosted were registered in Beijing

 

[Bighit]

Though this should only affect new devices or updates?

Hope so, already have the kids moaning that Fortnite or Minecraft or one of those stupid games don't work on their Huaweis

 

[Herr der Verboten]

I guess US can blacklist anything/anyone in the name of security - even without proof.
Security is the new "Just think of the children" or "War on Terror"

Xiaomi does not sell / have shops / have offices in the US.



Who do you think will be the next company blocked?

• Oppo (OnePlus)
• Lenovo
• Vivo
• BBK
• Hisense
• TP-Link

Please do Lenovo next.

 

[grok]

Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use

Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.

www.forbes.com

When he looked around the Web on the device’s default Xiaomi browser, it recorded all the websites he visited, including search engine queries whether with Google or the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo, and every item viewed on a news feed feature of the Xiaomi software. That tracking appeared to be happening even if he used the supposedly private “incognito” mode.

The device was also recording what folders he opened and to which screens he swiped, including the status bar and the settings page. All of the data was being packaged up and sent to remote servers in Singapore and Russia, though the Web domains they hosted were registered in Beijing

Damn I'm gonna start with a negative social score once the indigenous have handed over the country to the new invaders..