APEC Summit: Xiaomi Phone Gift Sparks Light-Hearted Security Joke Between China and South Korea

Made in China: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the South Korean President and gifted him a Xiaomi phone, prompting the South Korean President to joke about the phone's security.

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APEC Summit: Xiaomi Phone Gift Sparks Light-Hearted Security Joke Between China and South Korea
APEC Summit: Xiaomi Phone Gift Sparks Light-Hearted Security Joke Between China and South Korea

Although the phones of the Chinese company Xiaomi are often questioned in India and around the world, an unexpected turn of events took place when the president of South Korea jokingly questioned the security of the phone.

On November 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, exchanged gifts at the ongoing APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit in South Korea. When the Chinese President presented a Xiaomi phone to the South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung mocked the phone's security, asking, "Is the communication line secure?"

Responding to his South Korean counterpart's joking tone, Xi Jinping replied, "Check if there's a backdoor." A backdoor is a hidden method in mobile security that is used to access a phone's data. It bypasses normal authentication and gains unauthorized access to a system, network, or application.

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