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Is the AYANEO Pocket DS spying on you? Here's why a user found over 1,000 hidden screenshots
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Is the AYANEO Pocket DS spying on you? Here's why a user found over 1,000 hidden screenshots
Credit: AYANEO TL;DR A user accused AYANEO of spying after discovering over 1,200 screenshots and 12GB of data usage linked to the AYAWindow app on their Pocket DS handheld. An AYANEO representative (likely) responded that the screenshots are the result of a bug where app thumbnail caches are not being cleared as intended. Further, high data usage reports may be misleading because of how Android calculates traffic for apps sharing a system UID.…
AYANEO Responds To Claims It's Spying On Users Via Nintendo DS-Style Android Handheld
"This is normal behavior".Chinese hardware maker AYANEO has been accused of spying on its users.A user on Mr. Sujano’s GitHub flagged the potential issue, reporting that they had discovered the AYAWindow app on their Pocket DS Android handheld was taking screenshots "every single time" an action is carried out on the device.Read the full article on timeextension.com
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