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Title: Chinese State Media Calls US a 'Surveillance Empire' Over Trackers In
Chips

Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/15/...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The United States' practice
of installing location trackers in chip shipments at risk of diversion to
China reflects the "instincts of a surveillance empire," China's state-run
media outlet Xinhua said in a commentary published on Friday. Reuters
reported earlier this week that U.S. authorities had secretly placed location
tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips to detect diversions
to China, which is under U.S. curbs for advanced chip exports. The Xinhua
commentary, titled "America turns chip trade into a surveillance game," cited
"reports" that Washington had embedded such trackers, accusing the United
States of running "the world's most sprawling intelligence apparatus." [...]
In its commentary, Xinhua accused the U.S. government of seeing its trading
partners as "rivals to be tripped up or taken down," adding that "if U.S.
chips are seen as Trojan horses for surveillance, customers will look
elsewhere." Further reading: China Urges Firms To Avoid Nvidia H20 Chips
After Trump Resumes Sales

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