The Secret Life of Phone Repairs: Privacy Risks Exposed

Your data at risk.

Android users who value their personal data – and property – don’t have to worry only about what Google’s operating system or the apps installed on top of it are doing; it turns out they have to be quite careful when, with the same concerns in mind, they choose their hardware.

And, those who worry about what happens to their data – and phones – once they hand them over to repair shops, might be pleased to learn they are not entirely, if at all, paranoid.

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