“Qualcomm spies on smartphone users” — German security firm Nitrokey.

[onebyone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659154905523974144

Smartphones With Popular Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker

Smartphones With Popular Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker

www.nitrokey.com

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Are Qualcomm chips snooping on you? No, not quite

Snapdragon giant and others insist alleged data gathering is overblown

www.theregister.com

A Qualcomm spokesperson disputed the research. "The article is riddled with inaccuracies and appears to be motivated by the author’s desire to sell his product," a company spokesperson told The Register in an email. "Qualcomm only collects personal information when permitted by applicable law."

"As disclosed in our publicly available privacy policy, the relevant Qualcomm technologies use non-personal, anonymized, technical data to enable device manufacturers to provide their customers location-based apps and services that end users expect from today’s smartphones."

 

[jamahir]

Are Qualcomm chips snooping on you? No, not quite

Snapdragon giant and others insist alleged data gathering is overblown

www.theregister.com

A Qualcomm spokesperson disputed the research. "The article is riddled with inaccuracies and appears to be motivated by the author’s desire to sell his product," a company spokesperson told The Register in an email. "Qualcomm only collects personal information when permitted by applicable law."

"As disclosed in our publicly available privacy policy, the relevant Qualcomm technologies use non-personal, anonymized, technical data to enable device manufacturers to provide their customers location-based apps and services that end users expect from today’s smartphones."

This is neither anonymized data nor it is needed to be collected ( section from article in OP ) :

To clarify, here a list of the data Qualcomm may collect from your phone according to their privacy policy:

1. Unique ID
2. Chipset name
3. Chipset serial number
4. XTRA software version
5. Mobile country code
6. Mobile network code (allowing identification of country and wireless operator)
7. Type of operating system and version
8. Device make and model
9. Time since the last boot of the application processor and modem
10. List of the software on the device
11. IP address

 

[BHAN85]

smartphones are perfect spying machines.

if you have something to hide (e.g. hi tech company with industrial secrets) better dont use it at all.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Are Qualcomm chips snooping on you? No, not quite

Snapdragon giant and others insist alleged data gathering is overblown

www.theregister.com

A Qualcomm spokesperson disputed the research. "The article is riddled with inaccuracies and appears to be motivated by the author’s desire to sell his product," a company spokesperson told The Register in an email. "Qualcomm only collects personal information when permitted by applicable law."

"As disclosed in our publicly available privacy policy, the relevant Qualcomm technologies use non-personal, anonymized, technical data to enable device manufacturers to provide their customers location-based apps and services that end users expect from today’s smartphones."

The information contains IP address, telephone number and a list of installed applications as well as location. You can use that to track an individual.

 

[Splurgenxs]

Well technically , if your using android / iphone , your already compromised , you don't need to get to the kernel layer.

If your doing anything while logged into any internet isk service, you have no chance.
Root your device and stay off the internet.

 

[gambit]

Here is the deal...The day that the mobile phone became a reality was the day that we laid the technical foundation to track individuals. At the least, we have to track the phone's location in order to make calls. From that point on, everything else are just gravy.