More than 18 million devices commercialized by Taiwanese company HTC had security flaws that could expose users to serious risks. The Federal Trade Commission charged HTC to have released on the market products that expose users privacy to concrete risks. HTC provided a prompt response issuing a series of patches to fix the vulnerabilities and creating a security program that will be monitored by an independent party for the next 20 years The settlement requires HTC America to establish a comprehensive security program designed to address security risks during the development of HTC devices.”]