Jan Beroun, director of the Czech Republic’s Military Intelligence agency, warned the Czech Parliament earlier this week that Chinese“ we will allow Chinese electric cars here, we will allow a mobile sensor that collects data everywhere it goes, and we look satisfied.”
“I say with all responsibility that we are losing control of what is moving on our streets, what is capturing data and faces all over the neighborhood,” Beroun added.at the moment or to know where this data is going, and said that the “way China behaves, from the point of view of security and espionage, means that it is our enemy,” Beroun said.
The Czech military official said each electric car, and some modern cars, have high-definition cameras which could capture data for the Chinese government, which is“Every Chinese product that is capable of collecting data represents a security risk,” spokesman of the Czech Security Information Service, Ladislav Sticha, said. “The obtained data may end up with the Chinese intelligence services.”
in April that Americans should “absolutely be concerned” about whether Chinese EVs in America are collecting their data and giving it to the Chinese government.China from importing Chinese EVs and President Joe Biden has placed a 100% tariff placed on them in response to fears that the country could undercut the U.S.’s efforts in electric vehicles with cheaply-made products.