Chinese Malware Found on Free Cell Phones for Low-Income Households

Assurance Wireless, offers a free Android device to low-income households along with free data, texts and minutes. But according to security researchers, there’s a catch: the Android phones come with preinstalled Chinese malware, which effectively opens up a backdoor onto the device and endangers their private data. One of the malware types is impossible to remove, according to the researchers.

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