Failiu...
...more like Failure AM I RITE?!?!
Where did I leave my coat...
Chinese security firm NetQin has been accused of conspiring to plant malicious software on users' handsets in order to drum up business for its mobile security software. NetQin denies the alleged ruse, the mechanics of which were broadcast during a recent episode of 3.15 Gala, a Chinese consumer rights programme on state-run …
So if I understand this right...
You are saying that NetQin (or a related company) pays 2 Yuan for dealers to install a malware app on users' phones, in the hope that the users will pay NetQin 2 Yuan to remove the malware?
If this is true, then the very best that NetQin can achieve (if every inflicted user pays to have the malware removed) is to break even.
There's lots of reasons why the firmware needs tweaking for China (and other countries as well).
One example is cypher indication. In Europe you have to display an indicator when cyphering isn't enabled. In China this isn't displayed so you can't tell if cyphering is active or not...
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I had a post who really checks the reality of Sophos blog post but after checking and finding that it is China state tv itself uncovered the story, I had to withdraw it with a shame.
There is absolutely no limit to business suit stupidity since I used the Netqin stuff, they are goodly coded things which they could sell legimately.
As of now, Nokia Ovi store doesn't list any Netqin product. So long than and I pity those developers who has been victims of the managers.
Okay...
"Feiliu is designed to remove security products that might be present on the device, while making the operation of the phone sluggish and prone to crashes."
Is that all that it does? And doesn't it infringe Microsoft patents, e.g. Windows Phony 7, by doing that?
Although Apple invented "sluggish and prone to crashes" in the 1980s, starting with their "Lisa" computer.
Strangely, anything that's already been done on a computer, you can do on a phone and patent it all over again. This is called "innovation". You could patent skateboard wheels on a Samsung tablet - not sure about iPad, it isn't a phone...