The fact that Android knows a lot about its user and don’t keep that information for itself is quite well known. But how much data is sent to the outside world on first connection to WiFi? Which apps are responsible for pushing the data into the web? I will try to show that on example of Xiaomi Redmi Go.
For the purpose of the test, I created network that is not forwarding any packet outside. Before performing the test I installed few APKs. Only one is known to contact strange servers – File Manager (com.rhmsoft.fm). I marked them with (*) on a list. Rest should not have any influence on the results. They were: Termux, AFWall+, F-Droid, Magisk and Aurora Store. Continue reading “How Android smartphone is spying on you?”