Rabat_ Social Media Exchange (SMEX)—a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing human rights in digital spaces across MENA [Middle East and North Africa] — is warning that Israeli-linked software secretly embedded in Samsung phones across the Middle East and North Africa region poses a serious surveillance threat.

According to SMEX, Samsung’s A and M series devices either come preloaded with the app “Aura” or install it automatically through system updates, without the user’s consent. The application reportedly collects a wide range of personal and device-specific data, including IP addresses, device fingerprints, hardware details, and network information.

  • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol
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    8 hours ago

    They thought you meant carrier-unlocked. That’s what most people care about, being able to switch providers.

    I doubt they even knew what a bootloader is.

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      7 hours ago

      Once it’s carrier unlocked you should be able to unlock the bootloader though right?