Anonymous1 day ago
The FBI warned on March 31, 2026, that foreign-developed apps — particularly those from China — can collect Americans' personal data even from people who never installed them, through mechanisms like contact graph harvesting, embedded SDKs, and the data broker pipeline. While executive actions like PAFACA and Executive Order 14117 target foreign data access, the U.S. still lacks comprehensive federal privacy legislation, and critics argue the warnings selectively ignore comparable domestic data collection that serves U.S. surveillance interests.