China could track 'any of us if they wanted to make us vulnerable,' a leading MP warned in the wake of i's revelations
The geolocating device had been placed into a vehicle inside a sealed part imported from a supplier in China and installed by the vehicle manufacturer, according to the source.
Ms Kearns warned MPs during the debate that such a device could allow China to “know where our prime minister is travelling to – they could do it to any of us”. The MP for Rutland and Melton said: “We will all have constituents who will be driving around with these cellular IoT [Internet of things] models within their cars. Any of those individuals could be pinpointed if they drove near a secure site by the Chinese government and then tracked, and the Chinese Communist Party will know where they live, how they live their lives, what they do, and they will all become vulnerable.
“If they work out who the prime minister’s security team is, which they could do quite easily – by looking at the cars travel that travel up No 10 and then back to prime minister’s house -, they can then track those security offices to where they’re doing recces for future visits, and they will know where our prime minister is travelling to. They could do it to any of us if they wanted to make us vulnerable.
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