Amazon has relisted Blu phones after a ‘false alarm’ over security concerns

Earlier this week, Amazon suspended sales of Miami-based Android phone company Blu after reports that they once again contained apps that collected user data. In a statement to Engadget, the company explained that it was a “false alarm,” and that sales of the devices have resumed.

Amazon pulled Blu phones last October following reports that the company’s Blu R1 HD was being sold with software from Chinese app maker Shanghai Adups Technology Co. which collected user data. The phones went back on sale at Amazon after the company pledged to update its policies on third-party software. Last week, cybersecurity firm Kryptowire said that it found that the software was still found on some of the company’s phones, which prompted Amazon to once…

Source link