September 13th, 2020 
Marty Figgs 
The latest mis-step from OnePlus occurred a few days ago, when a software engineer discovered that OxygenOS (the default ROM for OnePlus phones) was sending massive amounts of analytics data to the company. While many companies collect some amount of data to help fix bugs, OnePlus’ data collection was far more than necessary. Some of the information being sent to the company’s servers included the phone’s IMEI number, the phone number, MAC addresses, mobile network names and IMSI prefixes, Wi-Fi connection info, the phone’s serial number, and every app that was ever opened.
OnePlus reverses course on analytics data collection after public outcry was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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