In the age of information and digitalization, incidents such as data leakage and personal privacy theft are frequently reported in the newspapers. In the "tug of war" of security and privacy, both enterprises and individuals still have a long way to go.
On March 22, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued a notice on the "Regulations on the Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications", specifying the scope of necessary personal information for 39 common types of apps. . Indeed, behind the rectification is the chaotic problem of illegal acquisition of personal information on mobile apps, which is the pain point of people's personal privacy.
"One-key stealth", blocking the "hand that obtains privacy"
The "airplane mode" in mobile phones shields communication signals and protects people's lives during navigation. Then, in cyberspace, is there such a mode that blocks the invisible "hands that obtain privacy" from the outside world and lets people's information Safety guaranteed?
On March 30, Xiaomi held a spring new product launch conference and launched a folding screen mobile phone MIX
FOLD. The first "stealth mode" can be described as just in time. One-key switch, the mobile phone can be adjusted to a safe state, and no application running in the foreground or background can obtain user permissions and personal information.
It is worth noting that after the privacy mode function is turned on, the system will deny the application to use the microphone, use the camera and obtain the location, so as to protect the user's privacy and security. This mode can further restrict the app's access to sensitive information, and when the user needs it, the phone can be switched to a more secure state through a convenient one-key operation.
Nowadays, the content of people’s chats is regarded as push information, and mobile phone numbers and shopping records are sold as commodities. Privacy seems to be covered with "emperor's new clothes". In a seemingly safe era, everyone seems to move forward transparently.
The data shows that from mid-March 2020 to the present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other relevant departments have notified or removed apps that infringe on personal information 22 times, involving more than 1,100 apps.
These disclosed apps may be just the tip of the iceberg, and
the security and privacy situation has never been as severe as it is today. In more confidential and important scenarios, information leakage can also result in loss of money and reputation. Therefore, the one-key stealth mode also caters to the current needs of people for privacy protection.
The event that a certain software obtained and deleted the user’s local photo album exposed in the previous incident caused a lot of noise, and it exploded for a while. This made many people realize that the original mobile phone application software program is so "dominant" in obtaining information, and can even be manipulated. Personal devices are scary.
The newly launched
MIUI system running on Xiaomi MIX FOLD has also proposed a solution to this kind of problem. It has upgraded the "Private Space" function of the user device and launched the "Privacy Safe". Through the file sandbox mechanism, the system stores private photo albums and private folders in a more secure directory for local encrypted storage.
After this upgrade, the private photos and files encrypted and stored by users can not only prevent others from being directly browsed when using the owner's mobile phone, but also prevent active reading and malicious use by mobile applications through the permission of "reading and writing mobile phone storage". The storage security of the device is guaranteed.
Privacy protection is upgraded, so that "secret stealers" have nowhere to hide
In the eyes of many people, Chinese people tend to trade privacy for convenience, but in today's era of frequent security incidents, people pay great attention to privacy issues. Are people really willing to sacrifice privacy? In fact, not quite. Statistics show that 85% of Chinese consumers are more vigilant about privacy and security than before, and this figure ranks among the top among the 16 countries and regions surveyed around the world.
Cui Baoqiu, vice president of Xiaomi Group, also said in an interview with the media that he strongly disagrees with the statement that Chinese people don’t care about privacy or are more willing to sacrifice privacy for convenience. He believes that Chinese people often have no choice but to be forced or fooled, and unknowingly feel that their private information has been stolen by some malicious applications.
Obviously, although the mobile APP informs the user of the privacy policy, the user is often "forced to agree", and some rogue software is even "not allowed to use without consent". People may not be clear about how many permissions their own mobile APP can obtain, and what permissions are included.
How to fully implement people's right to know about their device permissions is an urgent issue. The three privacy protection functions of the MIX FOLD system released this time are dedicated to solving this problem.
In 2020, the MIUI 12 operating system launched by Xiaomi released the flare function, which is expected to be adopted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as a new mobile phone network access standard in the future.
Flares are more like the "demon mirror" of mobile phones, so that secret thieves have nowhere to hide. Through this function, all sensitive behaviors of all APPs are faithfully recorded by the mobile phone system and presented to users. When sensitive system capabilities are used, the user will be given a clear reminder, and the small actions of the application that were previously undetectable can now be seen at a glance. Users can have full knowledge of the behavior of applications in the device.
The second is to intercept the network. Interceptor is
another new privacy function module of MIUI 12. Different from the passive defense in general awareness, Interceptor gives users more choices and the right to decide on APP permissions. After it is turned on, all high-risk behaviors of applications will be directly banned. When an application is found to obtain private data without permission, the authorization of relevant permissions can be turned off immediately to protect the security of private data. In addition, when users share photos, they can also choose to erase sensitive information such as shooting locations, sharing life but not privacy.
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For the stubborn Android disease that does not allow permission to be used, the MIUI
12 system also provides users with a hidden mask function. After the user actively turns it on, blank information can be provided to the rogue application to strengthen the initiative of privacy data control. Five permissions, including contacts, calendar, and call records, support the setting of a "blank pass", which not only solves the problem of necessary permission authorization, but also protects the user's private data information.
User privacy protection has a long way to go
"Privacy knows no borders", security is being spread by more and more people. Whether it is the newly launched "stealth mode", or the previous flares, interception nets, and concealment masks, the technological iteration behind the function update of Xiaomi mobile phones brings people more privacy and security protection.
Since the release of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies that touch data security and personal privacy have been heavily fined. Today, China is also gradually improving laws and regulations related to personal privacy protection. Facing the severe security situation, enterprises should also take responsibility and effectively protect user privacy.
Information security and privacy protection is a very big topic. Cui Baoqiu, vice president of Xiaomi Group, once said that even if 99% of efforts are made but 0.01% of negligence occurs, all previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, it is also necessary for enterprises to achieve the ultimate through more technical and management means.
From technology to management to auditing, in the view of Song Wenkuan, secretary-general of Xiaomi Group's Information Security and Privacy Committee, technology is the most important part of the "three lines of defense" in building security.
Use emerging technologies such as differential privacy and federated algorithms to further promote the functional update of product equipment. At the beginning of the design, privacy and security itself are emphasized and security concepts are integrated. Adhering to this concept of security and privacy for a rainy day can curb the problem of "privacy everywhere" and eliminate people's concerns about privacy leakage.
Xiaomi established a dedicated information security team in 2012, and established the Xiaomi Security and Privacy Committee in 2014. In 2019, Xiaomi obtained three international ISO security and privacy certifications, and released the MIUI security and privacy white paper.
In the first half of 2020, the Xiaomi privacy brand was officially released. In the future, the Xiaomi privacy brand logo will be applied to its various products and services, reflecting the emphasis on user privacy protection and heralding a new stage for Xiaomi's privacy protection work.
Security is a dynamic defense process, and the "one-key stealth" mode is only one of the privacy protection functions for mobile phone users. The
ever-changing threats and people's diverse needs for privacy protection will continue to urge Xiaomi to continue to uphold the principle of privacy security , to create products for users that meet global personal data protection standards.
One of the functions of protection,
the ever-changing threat patterns and people's diverse needs for privacy protection, will continue to urge Xiaomi to continue to uphold the principles of privacy and security, and create products for users that meet global personal data protection standards.
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