Chinese Spyware Pre-Installed on All Samsung Phones (& Tablets) Links 2, January 6, 2020

A senior EU official said: “We have a Brexit gap. Member states know this and will eventually have to accept new revenue streams.”

 

As part of the initial budget proposal in 2018, the European Commission proposed a tax on non-recycled plastics.

The proceeds from this would go directly into the common budget rather than to the government’s that collect them.

The surcharge is estimated to raise €42billion (£35.7billion) over the course of the budget.

(If this is not a klaxon call showing that carbon taxes are a scam to fund socialism, then nothing will wake people up)

4. RCMP concerned about anti-immigrant sentiment after Kingston terrorism arrest

(Because A. The threat muslim migrants present in their quest for eternal jihad is not a concern. B. The fact that it was US intel, and NOT Canadian that alerted police to at least two arrests of terrorists in Ontario in 2019, that does not appear to be a concern for the RCMP. and C. Then minister responsible for Canada’s safety, Ralph Goodale, spent more oxygen protecting Islam, the ideology which has driven pretty much all deadly terrorism in Canada since the Sikhs blew up one of our aircraft, then he has doing anything like concern for the safety of Canadians. Whoever that is at this point in time.)

According to internal documents, the RCMP was concerned about an anti-immigrant backlash after an alleged terror plot was thwarted in Kingston, Ontario. 

 

In January 2019, a teenager and a Syrian adult male were arrested for terrorism-related activities after the RCMP conducted two raids.  

 

While 20-year old Syrian refugee Hussam Eddin Alzahabi was released without charges, the unidentified youth was charged with planning to “deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive or other lethal devices against a place of public use with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury.” 

 

According to the RCMP, sensitivity to anti-immigrant sentiment is a new strategy for the national police force. Shortly after the arrest, an Islamic town hall was organized for communities where mental health professionals were present to offer support. 

5. Police constable, 35, and 15 other Halifax men committed sex offences against three girls aged between 13 and 16, court hears

A police constable and 15 other men have appeared in court today charged with offences relating to historical sex offences against children.

 

Amjad Ditta, 35, showed no emotion as he briefly appeared at Bradford Magistrates’ Court today.

He is a policeman for West Yorkshire Police’s protective services but was suspended from duty at the time he was charged, the force said.

 

PC Ditta faces a single charge of sexual touching in March 2009, when he was a serving officer.

He and the other 15 men were granted bail and will appear at Bradford Crown Court on January 20.

 

The charges they face relate to alleged offences against three teenage girls in Halifax between 2006 and 2009. The alleged victims were aged between 13 and 16 at the time.  

Ditta, who wore a black suit and tie, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth during the hearing, and gave his surname as Hussain. 

6. Antifa confesses to the attack on the Thomas church and threatens to harm the pastor there.

7. Britain’s most active serial rapist, who victimized only white, straight men, has been charged. A wealthy Indonesian.

8. Bongino makes some good points about Democrat policies under Obama and hypocrisy on their attacks on President Trump after the Iran action.

9. Chinese Spyware Pre-Installed on All Samsung Phones (& Tablets)

(Had this checked by IT professional. It is bona fide)

For those who are too busy to read the whole post, here’s the TL;DR version: The storage scanner in the Device Care section is made by a super shady Chinese data-mining/antivirus company called Qihoo 360. It comes pre-installed on your Samsung phone or tablet, communicates with Chinese servers, and you CANNOT REMOVE it (unless using ADB or other means).

This is by no means signaling hate toward Samsung. I have ordered the Galaxy S10+ once it’s available in my region and I’m very happy with it. I have been a long time lurker on r/samsung and r/galaxys10 reading tips and tricks about my phone. However, I want to detail my point of view on this situation.

 

For those who don’t know, there’s a Device Care function in Settings. For me, it’s very useful for optimizing my battery usage and I believe most users have a positive feedback about this addition that Samsung has put in our devices. With that being said, I want to go into details regarding the storage cleaner inside Device Care.

 

If you go inside the Storage section of Device Care, you’ll see a very tiny printed line “powered by 360”. Those in the west may not be familiar with this company, but it’s a very shady company from China that has utilized many dirty tricks to attempt getting a larger market share. Its antivirus (for PC) is so notorious that it has garnered a meme status in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Chinese speaking countries’ Internet communities. For example, 360 Antivirus on PC would ACTIVELY search for and mark other competitors’ products as a threat and remove them. Others include force installation of 360’s browser bars, using misleading advertisements (e.g. those ‘YOUR DEVICE HAS 2 VIRUSES, DOWNLOAD OUR APP TO SCAN NOW’ ads). These tactics has even got the attention of the Chinese government, and several court cases has already been opened in China to address 360’s terrible business deeds. (On the Chinese version of Wikipedia you can read further about the long list of their terrible misconducts, but there’s already many on its English Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360).

Thank you ML., M., Wrath of Khan, EB., ET., Xanthippa, Coram Deo, and everyone who assists in this work.