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A serious, and potentially frightening, security vulnerability involving some Android smartphones came to light Tuesday.

Phones made by Blu, a U.S. company, were transmitting their owners’ personal data to a computer server in China owned by Shanghai Adups Technology Co., which supplies software to mobile device makers.

Initially, it was unclear how the data was being used, though security experts feared it could have been accessible by the Chinese government.

Now, however, Adups has issued an apology, saying that the data was collected in error and has been deleted.

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