WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators have urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to look into China-made wearable health devices, saying they could pose security risks to Americans and the nation.
In a June 18 letter seen by The Epoch Times, Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and David McCormick (R-Pa.), chairman and member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, respectively, requested the FCC to brief their panel. They express concerns that the wearable technology used by Americans to track health may contain China-made components that could allow their sensitive data to be accessible to the communist regime.
“As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intensifies its campaign to steal and exploit private consumer data, we have a solemn obligation to ensure that the health devices our nation’s seniors depend on daily do not expose them to unacceptable security risks,” they wrote in the letter addressed to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr….
China-Made Fitness Trackers May Threaten US Security, Senators Warn
