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Normally if a company wants to collect some data it is practice that they tell you what they will be collecting and give you an option to opt in or out. It appears that OnePlus is gathering data and sending it back to their severs. A developer made the claim after discovering his data was being gathered on his OnePlus 2. Christopher Moore is a software engineer. Some of the data collected included when he used certain apps, what networks he was connected to, and the activities he performed inside those apps along with other data. The data was time stamped and contained his phone's serial number.
OnePlus has responded and claims the first stream of data includes usage analytics that you can opt out of, and the second stream of data you are unable to opt out of. Here is what OnePlus had to say.
WE SECURELY TRANSMIT ANALYTICS IN TWO DIFFERENT STREAMS OVER HTTPS TO AN AMAZON SERVER. THE FIRST STREAM IS USAGE ANALYTICS, WHICH WE COLLECT IN ORDER FOR US TO MORE PRECISELY FINE TUNE OUR SOFTWARE ACCORDING TO USER BEHAVIOR. THE SECOND STREAM IS DEVICE INFORMATION, WHICH WE COLLECT TO PROVIDE BETTER AFTER-SALES SUPPORT
What are your thoughts? Should phone companies be able to track what you are doing on your phone without your permission in the name of creating a better user experience?
via Chris Moore's Blog