Cheap android phones coming from some countries manufacturing them (you know which one-s) often have pre-installed shady apps disguised as regular bloat/admin process apps that can't be uninstalled, which deploys all kinds of attacks once the phone get configured and online. Same thing can be said of any smartphone (and pc os's), with the difference being you get spooked / polluted by knowned corps and so-called friendlies when you get Korean or US brands.
Nothing new, this has been going on since the early days of android / ios. Good hygiene: deactivate/uninstall any/all apps you can at first boot, reboot, then install anew all the apps you really use. Takes a few minutes/hours, worth it most of the time. YMMV.
Nothing new, this has been going on since the early days of android / ios. Good hygiene: deactivate/uninstall any/all apps you can at first boot, reboot, then install anew all the apps you really use. Takes a few minutes/hours, worth it most of the time. YMMV.