Baidu Denies Recording Conversations In the Background on Vivo NEX
Vivo NEX is being touted to be one of the most innovative phones of 2018, merely the device is already in hot water for serious privacy issues.
According to TechNode, several users who recently bought the device in Mainland china discovered that the Baidu app was actively recording even when Baidu'southward voice input app was not being used. The users were shown a toast notification reading that 'Baidu input method is recording' while entering the URL in the browser.
Baidu has since responded to the allegations in an official statement on Weibo maxim that it was caused due to a problems in Vivo's system. The device thinks that Baidu voice input has started recording the users but that is not the case, says the company, who further adds that 'input method will not record without the user's consent.'
Baidu further explained that the app optimizes itself against 'preheating' of the microphone i.due east keeping it ready for recording. The app also tries to optimize word recognition before user feedback and comes into play when the voice bar and vox panel are displayed. Baidu as well says that no such issue has been constitute on any other brand'due south device.
This is the second privacy concern that has cropped up for the Vivo NEX, which seems to be riddled with technical glitches.
Many users recently posted on Weibo that VivoNEX's pop-up selfie camera opened on its own when certain apps like Telegram and QQ browser were being used.
The app makers, particularly Tencent, explained that the camera movement wasn't straight linked to the browser. QQ browser requires the camera permission and even prompts the user for the same, only doesn't record anything. Vivo has since discovered the outcome with the NEX's camera and will seed a software update (build ane.fifteen.4) with an upgraded permissions manager.
Source: https://beebom.com/baidu-denies-that-it-records-user-conversations-on-vivo-nex/
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