China may be using software inside smart coffee makers to spy on owners of the devices, according to a report. Internet-connected coffee makers that are made in China are just one of many ways China can gather data, according to American researcher Christopher Balding. Balding released a report specifically on the Kalerm machines manufactured in Jiangsu, China. "China is really collecting data on really just anything and everything," Balding told the Washington Times. "As a manufacturing hub of the world, they can put this capability in all kinds of devices that go out all over the world." China has numerous ways it can and already does gather data on average Americans. Matthew Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump, testified to Congress last year that China already has enough data to assemble a "dossier" on every American.
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