00:00I don't feel comfortable if my wake home cleaner will attack Taiwan.
00:04Is China spying on you? Could it switch off your power grid, control your car,
00:08even see into your bedroom? If it's connected, you can hack it.
00:12Just recently, researchers discovered that over a million video feeds from baby monitors and home
00:17monitoring cameras were posted online. The devices were all made by Chinese firm Miari,
00:22but sold under a variety of brand names. A software engineer recently accidentally
00:26gained access to thousands of DJI, robot vacuum cleaners, not just control of the vacuum,
00:32but live video, microphone access, and maps of people's homes. Politicians are taking action.
00:38The EU recently rejected certain solar power tech from China because it could be switched off remotely.
00:44But fixing that won't be cheap, according to a recent China-sponsored study, which estimates that
00:49phasing out Chinese suppliers across critical sectors could cost Europe more than 367 billion euros
00:55over the next five years. The concerns are already shaping policy. Poland has banned Chinese vehicles
01:01near military sites. The UK has blocked Chinese plans for a wind turbine factory in Scotland.
01:06I don't think the risk lies solely in active spying or active access, right? Beyond active exploitation,
01:13there is the underlying passive risk of future leverage and access.
01:17Europe is tempted by cheap and well-made Chinese tech, but risks becoming dependent on it.
01:22And if the hardware is vulnerable, that gives China massive leverage in a potential future conflict.
01:28This is why Europe has already moved against companies like Huawei and ZTE,
01:33but China has pushed back on these bans. China argues that any software is vulnerable to attacks.
01:39Western hardware and software can also be hacked.
01:42We trust no one. That's not only a Chinese topic, it's every equipment is vulnerable.
01:48If one country dominates too many connected parts of your energy, telecoms or industrial systems,
01:55cheap infrastructure can become a strategic vulnerability.
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