How prevalent is spyware in our phones? sans Nexus/Pixel?

[ElronTheElder]

BLU sets the record straight on security

Open source is fine....until it isn't.
How exactly can a consumer know what spyware is included in purchased hardware? Answer: They can't.
Trusted manufactures are a joke, China's government has it's fingers firmly touching all outlets.
Believe Google [Nexus/Pixel], Blackberry, maybe MS are only games in town.

 

[WClark57]

Anything is fine until it isn't. A consumer has in fact very little evidence that spyware is not installed on anything made by anyone in any country--including the U.S.A.

 

[ElronTheElder]

Anything is fine until it isn't. A consumer has in fact very little evidence that spyware is not installed on anything made by anyone in any country--including the U.S.A.

To true.
Still, doesn't make it correct, ok or acceptable.
I view domestic spying with a chicken eye, foreign is just over the top.
Awareness is a start.
Ignoring it won't make it go away.