Is the Chinese government using smartphones to spy on you?

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Is the Chinese government using smartphones to spy on you?

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Apr 27, 2018

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Is it protection or paranoia? The head of the FBI has warned that the Chinese government may be spying on U.S. citizens who use smartphones made by Huawei or ZTE. Both makers deny the surveillance, but the idea of cyber snooping comes with precedence.

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