Despite what it may seem, the incognito mode of the browser of Xiaomi, both of the version Mint as for the Pro, sends browsing data when the user activates it. At least until now: the company has introduced a button in the settings of the app to cut any of the data shared with their servers.
The privacy in our mobile is a value that each time is of concern to most users, especially after the last scandals of theft of data. Given that they are permanently connected, it is advisable to cut the faucet to the greater part of the information that the applications and the system share the of our use; as is the case of everything that we do with the web browser. And Xiaomi has had a run-in with the privacy right in your browser: after a controversial article where he accused the company of sharing private information with their servers, Xiaomi has introduced a curious button in its incognito mode that activates… The incognito mode.
More privacy in the browser of Xiaomi
The new activator allows you to upload the data obtained in the incognito modeAt the end of last week Forbes published a controversial article against Xiaomi and the poor privacy of your Android mobile. In that article the media accused the chinese brand of send usage data to their servers from the mobile of Xiaomi, in particular through the browsers Mint and Pro. Without specifying whether the phones used for the investigation had the chinese version of MIUI, Forbes stressed that the browsers of the company collected navigation data, keywords used in the search engines (even through DuckDuckGo) and what is seen through the news feed of MIUI. The information was sent to servers in Singapore and Russia. And what is most curious is that the browser until recorded the information during the sessions in incognito mode, which in theory should be private.
Xiaomi has been published various clarifications to official accusations of Forbes. In the notes the specific brand at all times the data collected are aggregated and lacking information that could identify users (neither Forbes nor the researchers showed that the information obtained could be linked to the device ID). Xiaomi details in the official statements that the company’s devices are compliant with the international standards of privacy and that are endorsed by independent bodies.
Despite the clarification, the truth is that the browsers of the mark (Mint and Pro) collect data of use, both in the mobile that Xiaomi reinstalled with MIUI as in the applications that can be downloaded from Google Play. And the collection of data in the incognito mode is also realso what had been stated by the own Xiaomi. Although from now on everyone who uses the browser of the brand can choose whether to send or not information during the incognito mode, just need to do the following:
- The web browser must be updated to the latest version: 12.1.4 in the case of the Pro and 3.4.3 to version Mint.
- Go to the settings of the browser and go to the settings incognito mode.
With the ‘incognito Mode mejorado2 without activating the browser should not share data - Make sure that the ‘Incognito mode improved‘is unchecked. In case you want to send your data to Xiaomi, always in that mode (in the normal browsing of shared data is always added), turns the option on.
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