Today we talked extensively about privacy, listing what are the new elements of MIUI 12 that allow you to safeguard your personal data. Specifically, we talked about the feature "Virtual Identity”And how it can create a temporary ID with which to access certain services. The app My Browser for its part it has been very attacked since accused by Forbes to track user data. Now, with the guide we have proposed above we have seen how to disable or better revoke permissions. But these seem automatically reactivate.
A no small problem for Xiaomi: the Mi Browser application by itself reactivates the permissions that a user revokes in order not to have their data tracked
By fiddling with a device in our possession we have proof that in reality, even by revoking the authorizations for data tracking by My Browser, these are automatically reactivate. In fact, once the selection check is removed and you go back, they return to normal. A move" poco correct though we are sure that it is not a trick that the brand wants to do to its users.
As you can see in the clip above, we go to the “ISystem app settings" for deactivate the blessed authorizations we are talking about. We then select "My Browser", Click on"Privacy and security"And let's remove the tick corresponding to "Permissions". In this way, similar to what we did in the guide we posted in the introduction, the data should remain safe. The problem is that by going back and re-accessing the same menu, magically the deactivated permissions are active again. With this we do not want to say that Xiaomi has played a user (me in this case) but as you have no doubt understood I am a firm supporter of privacy guarantee and many other users I fight for this.
We await further news. For the moment the only thing to do to fix this is follow this guide to uninstall pre-installed apps.