Budget Android manufacturer Blu settles with FTC over privacy fiasco

Last July, Amazon suspended sales of the ultra-cheap Android phones made by Blu after mobile security firm Kryptowire demonstrated how the phones were collecting data and sending it to servers in China without telling phone users… Still. In 2016, Kryptowire first noticed that Blu phones were calling home to China, sending user data every 72 hours, all without users being informed or opting in.

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