Bug that Samsung smartphone photographs are transmitted without permission occurs
by Patrick Tomasso
As smartphone cameras evolve, there are many people who give up giving up carrying large, heavy and bulky digital cameras, "All photos are smartphones". At any time on a smartphone at hand, many private pictures are taken, but on Samsung smartphones it is clear that every photo taken unnoticed by the user was transmitted without permission.
Samsung Phones Are Sending Users' Private Photos Unknowingly
https://www.idropnews.com/news/fast-tech/samsung-messages-sending-users-private-photos-without-knowing/75486/
According to information reported on overseas bulletin board · Reddit's Galaxy S 9 and Galaxy Note 8 threads, the native messaging application pre-installed on Samsung smartphone says "A picture is registered even if there is no user input There will be a bug that "will be sent to the contact you have".
This bug has been confirmed at the time of article creation, Samsung's Galaxy S 9 and Galaxy Note 8, two models. However, it is pointed out that the damage has spread beyond that. Some users who are affected by the bug have answered that "only the pictures sent to my friends were retransmitted", and "Some of the contents of the photo gallery have been shared with contacts There are people who speak.
by Matthew Kerslake
Among users reporting that a bug has occurred, logs of carriers are presented as proof of the transmitted pictures. Bugs seem to be occurring at Samsung terminals irrespective of carriers, it is not a phenomenon peculiar to ISP.
It has been pointed out that the bug is due to the latest update to Samsung's messaging application, and iDrop News warns that "updates should be postponed" for users who have not yet updated their apps .
In addition, there are users who say "Recommend disabling the storage privilege of the message application", which means that if you can not attach pictures with the message application, you also worry that photos will be secretly sent by bugs It's gone. However, in this case, users themselves can not attach pictures to the message application.
Note that at the time of writing the article Samsung has not issued a statement about the bug of the message application.
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