Saw this post started in Cyberscurity and it intrigued me as a verizon customer. Could this be some backdoor we all have on our phones or targeted being on Verizon network?
Spyware Verizon Mobile com.verizon.mips.services
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This took 10 seconds to find. My Verizon Services (which they have probably renamed a dozen times over the years and I think is now just My Verizon). Preinstalled even on non-Verizon Pixels but in a disabled state.
https://xdaforums.com/t/my-verizon-services-removal.4036251/
https://support.google.com/pixelpho...ices-app-installed-on-my-unlocked-phone?hl=en
Why in the world did the original poster you quoted jump from "MIPS" to "MTIPS OMG A GOVERNMENT BACKDOOR" in one hop because they didn't recognize a service name?
Also, funnily enough, the web domain mips.services does exist but the page seems to be phishing. I don't feel like making ESET bypass the block to see what it actually is. Dumbass new top level domains.
https://xdaforums.com/t/my-verizon-services-removal.4036251/
https://support.google.com/pixelpho...ices-app-installed-on-my-unlocked-phone?hl=en
Why in the world did the original poster you quoted jump from "MIPS" to "MTIPS OMG A GOVERNMENT BACKDOOR" in one hop because they didn't recognize a service name?
Also, funnily enough, the web domain mips.services does exist but the page seems to be phishing. I don't feel like making ESET bypass the block to see what it actually is. Dumbass new top level domains.
It is an interesting discussion for sure.
I don't beleive it is the My Verizon App. Family has verizon phone, different MFG some unlocked, none have this MIPS service.
The services related to the My Verizon app are called something else completely.
I don't beleive it is the My Verizon App. Family has verizon phone, different MFG some unlocked, none have this MIPS service.
The services related to the My Verizon app are called something else completely.
It's possible that they've changed it, and it's hardwired into the image for older models even when the app itself isn't even installed. But there is zero about it to make a normal non-paranoid person start thinking their phone has been backdoored by the government or worrying about the service.
The OP mentions they are testing new devices, not older models where it could be in the image or with legacy cpu.
I don't see how it would get into unclocked internantional models image either since they are not tied to Vz.
They requested info from Verizon and have not heard back. I suspect they are a reseachers.
There isn't much info on MIPS in general. Hard to rule anything out without more info.
I don't see how it would get into unclocked internantional models image either since they are not tied to Vz.
They requested info from Verizon and have not heard back. I suspect they are a reseachers.
There isn't much info on MIPS in general. Hard to rule anything out without more info.
But it's rather ridiculous to jump to the worst possible conclusion with basically no information other than the letters MIPS being in a service name, and that service being put on multiple devices as a core service just like hundreds of other services. MIPS has other known meanings and maybe some internal meaning at Verizon and the letters are not the same as MTIPS. If you see the letters FIR in a product code name, you don't just assume that means FIRE and that somebody is trying to burn your house down; they probably just use trees as part of their code names. You and the quoted person on Reddit and probably everyone else in that thread are being paranoid and looking for conspiracies everywhere, and I don't need to read the thread to see that. Conspiracy theorists can make connections between ANYTHING, and they think it makes sense no matter how many illogical and nonsensical hoops they had to jump through to make it work.
You are jumping to conclusions yourself without any knowledge of what this service is and how it is used.
All I stated is more information is needed before any conclusion can be made.
All I stated is more information is needed before any conclusion can be made.
No, you’re the one jumping to conclusions. If you think there’s a connection, provide proof. Two words that happen to share four out of five letters is not evidence.
If you want to argue go on Reddit. I made no conclusion, if you can't comprehend the difference between a question and inquiry for more information to a conclusion God help us all. However your buddy made the conclusion everything is a conspiracy because he has all the facts.
Got to love the internet, everyone is a keyboard hero.
Got to love the internet, everyone is a keyboard hero.
You went for it being a backdoor on your phone. Phrasing it as a question so you can disingenuously say "I'm just asking questions" doesn't make it any less jumping to a conclusion nor a conspiracy theory.
Not sure what the point of speculating is. IF you are worried that it is malware, send the info to malware researchers and they can verify if it is an issue. Otherwise it's just silly navel-gazing.
No, it doesn't work that way. You dug this up on reddit and then brought it here, so you are responsible for defending it here.
If you were acting in good faith, you would not ask a question (like you did in the thread starter post), then dismiss answers that fall on one specific side (in this case, "no"). The pattern exhibited in your posts in this thread so far matches pretty well with what is typically called "concern trolling".