VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

If you are using a smart phone or any mobility devices, you need to be smarter else nothing is secure in this digital world and this is getting proved. Security researcher claims OnePlus is gathering critical data such as serial number, IMEI number, wireless network IDs and timestamps for the screen on and screen off. Here’s how to keep your data secure. A million dollar question is on which Mobile phone brand to Trust or it is simple that don't keep any data inside the mobile phone ? OnePlus phone maker is allegedly collecting user data without users' consent and is deleting related queries from its own community forum. The Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has allegedly been collecting user data without their consent. A UK-based software engineer Christopher Moore shared on his personal blog how the phone maker is stealing user’s data.What amazed him was, he was shocked by the fact that, they even tracked which apps he used and when.... Read More

With a recent mandate of Law on tampering of IMEI number- which is a 15-digit serial number of mobile devices,  - a punishable offence that can attract jail term of up to 3 years as it seeks to curb incidence of mobile theft. The move will help curb issues pertaining to fake IMEI numbers and also ease tracking of lost mobile phones. "It shall be unlawful, if a person, except the manufacturer - intentionally removes, obliterates, changes, or alters unique Mobile Device Equipment Identification Number," the Department of Telecom said in a notification dated 25 August.  The new rules called "the prevention of tampering of the Mobile Device Equipment Identification Number, Rules, 2017" bar a person from knowingly using mobile device whose IMEI number has been changed unlawfully or software that can change or tamper the unique number. IMEI is a unique ID of a mobile handsets. Since,IMEI is a unique ID of a mobile handset. Whenever a user makes a call, the call re...