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Samsung Phones Are Spontaneously Texting Users' Photos To Random Contacts Without Their Permission (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what-in-the-world dept.

Some Samsung smartphones are randomly sending pictures from the device to a user's contacts without explicit permission, according to users and media outlets. From a report: Users are complaining about the issue on Reddit and the company's official forums. One user says his phone sent all his photos to his girlfriend. The messages are being sent through Samsung's default texting app Samsung Messages, and the photos are being sent as SMS messages. According to reports, the Messages app does not even show users that files have been sent; many just find out after they get a response from the recipient of the random photos sent to them. Samsung told the news outlet it was aware of the issue and was looking into it.

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  1. Samsung == nope by djbckr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some years ago, a co-worker of mine showed me his Samsung phone. It was a beauty, and he let me play with it for a bit. The hardware was wonderful. The proprietary Samsung crap-ware that was on it was what made me decide that I would never get a Samsung phone. It's just like the branded crap-ware on Windows machines. I have a Nexus 6P and I think it's wonderful. It's Android the way it was intended. Yes, I know Google spies on me.

  2. The real question is by cdsparrow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who gets arrested when it sends out nude selfies from someone under 18? The coders? The CEO of Samsung?

    Lawyers love this kind of stuff, lol