February 7, 2023
Sky News Political Reporter Jonathan Lea investigates how much information the Chinese government is gathering from people’s cars and personal devices as its global technological influence expands.
China’s domination around smart devices has led a Washington-based consultancy to call on consumers to wake up and ban the components in supply chains.
Mr Lea said China is no longer an “automotive minnow”, with some of the nation’s state-owned companies controlling more markets than ever before.
“The Chinese Communist Party and its intelligence agencies have a philosophy of collect now and decrypt later,” Liberal Senator James Paterson told Sky News Australia.
“They are hoping to develop quantum decryption technology, and if in the future they are successful doing that, that might unlock a treasure trove of years of gathered personal identifying information on Australians, on Americans, on Canadians and people all around the world.”
