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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 5 days ago

If you have a Chinese-made product, who sees your info?

Lets say you have a Chinese-made tablet that tells you to save your info online. 

Does that mean Chinese intelligence has your info, or does American intelligence see your info..? 

Or is it a free-for-all and everyone can see it...? 

(Dont write about "privacy" bs when we all know they're going through our devices...) 

Updated 5 days ago:

And I'm probably not saving it online anyways, but I thought the tablet was from Norway which is why I got it; only to get the tracking info that says its shipped from China... 

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  • 5 days ago

    A guy I know is a drone enthusiast and has built his own drones for years...

    Just about all the parts, of course, come from China and the "fine print" on both the Hi-Def camera and GPS unit specify that any and all data collected may be recorded and shared with the manufacturer for "research purposes."

    So every time that drone connects to a wi-fi signal it is automatically uploading everything...the images, the video, the GPS coordinates and anything else monitored by the on-board chipset...to a server in China.

    Considering all manufacturers in China are still state-owned or subject to state takeover, that does mean that all your data is easily accessible to the Chinese government to use however they see fit.

    Guess what?  If you have a "Chinese knock off" tablet, camera, phone, laptop or other device, the same is probably true for everything you do with them as well...

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