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Amazon Benches 'Blue' Budget Phones Over Security Concerns

  • Cnet, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 12:28 PM
Due to what it’s calling a “potential security issue,” Amazon is taking Blue budget phones off its virtual shelves. “The move comes after security firm Kryptowire demonstrated last week how software in Blu's phones collected data and sent it to servers in China without alerting people,” CNet reports. “Blu defended the software, created by a Chinese company called Shanghai Adups Technology, and denied any wrongdoing.”

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