Baidu Spyware Gathering User Data From Sony Xperia Smartphones (remove, google, device)

[NHDave]

Just a heads up if you have one of these phones, seems to connect to servers in China.

"the spyware can read status and device identity, make videos and take pictures, get location data, read memory contents and change system settings — all without user consent."

Alleged Baidu Spyware Gathering User Data From Sony XPeria Smartphones; "Unexpected Behaviour" Sony Says | HOTforSecurity

[Peregrine]

“The MyXperia app supports both Google Cloud Messaging service and the Baidu Push Notification framework, as do many third party apps, to make sure we can support our China customers as well as those in the rest of the world,” the support representative replied later on.

It's a SONY app, it's not some malicious spyware...
Needs to be removed. Sure. But you make it sound like it's a hack. It's not.

[NHDave]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

“The MyXperia app supports both Google Cloud Messaging service and the Baidu Push Notification framework, as do many third party apps, to make sure we can support our China customers as well as those in the rest of the world,” the support representative replied later on.

It's a SONY app, it's not some malicious spyware...
Needs to be removed. Sure. But you make it sound like it's a hack. It's not.

Where did you see that I said anything about a hack? You read far too much into peoples posts. And I don't make it sound like anything, I didn't write the article, merely posted a link to it with a short quote