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Chinese smart phones spark security concerns

Could Chinese-made smart phones be spying for the Chinese government?

TechCrunch reports that's the fear of U.S. intelligence officials, who testified at a Senate hearing this week that they still have surveillance concerns about phones made by the Chinese companies, Huawei and ZTE, which they say have close ties to the Chinese government.

So far, the two companies have had trouble making inroads with U.S. carrier vendors like AT&T, but they're making a big sales push with non-carrier vendors like Best Buy.

And they insist their phones pose no cybersecurity threat, saying they're trusted and sold in 170 countries worldwide.

You can read more about the story here.

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