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From camera doorbells to earpods, our lives are increasingly governed by networked tech. But the massive electronic footprint created by these devices has become a national security risk as emerging 5G technologies make child’s play of sifting through bulk data left behind by individuals, institutions, and governments.

In a new briefing memo, Hudson's security tech expert Bill Schneider [[link removed]] examines how China's investments in emerging 5G technology will allow for greater control of the world's information infrastructure.

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BeiDou: In 2020 China will complete the global BeiDou satellite system, an alternative to GPS. When linked to 5G, BeiDou will provide the People’s Republic of China with access to cell phone geolocation and temporal subscriber information on Chinese 5G networks, meaning that all cell data can be monitored, stored, tracked, and evaluated remotely by the Chinese government.

Tracking the Till: China’s cashless payment technology is increasingly being adopted in developing nations with immature financial services infrastructures. The “retail” character of China’s payments system facilitates the harvesting of data on individual transactions while supporting a Beijing-led global financial technology ecosystem.

Data Tsunami: Ninety percent of the data produced in the entirety of human history has been procured in the past 24 months, and the data tsunami is just beginning. China’s dominance of 5G will allow Beijing to harvest data and dominate the science of artificial intelligence and related fields of machine learning, deep learning, and data sciences—providing insights into its users both en bloc and individually.

Fostering FinTech: China is positioned to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest insurance market. Coupled with an early fielding of 5G networks, China’s financial technologies infrastructure will grow as it taps into the financial needs of China’s 800 million internet users and expands to lightly regulated financial markets in the developing world—advancing China’s long-term aspirations to reduce the international role of the dollar.

China's National Intelligence Law: China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law compels individuals and institutions to collaborate with China’s intelligence organizations when requested. Partially as a result, the British government's Huawei oversight board continues to stress China’s ability to use Huawei 5G infrastructure to monitor UK telecom traffic.

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William Schneider, Jr. is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. He served as Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology under President Reagan, and as Chairman of the President’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament from 1987 to 1993.

Dr. Schneider has served on several Presidential commissions and government advisory bodies in the fields of counter-terrorism, intelligence, foreign affairs, defense, and economic policy. He formerly served as Chairman of the Defense Science Board in the Department of Defense as well as the Department of State’s Defense Trade Advisory Group.

Dr. Schneider has also published numerous articles and monographs on defense and foreign policy, U.S. strategic forces, theater nuclear forces, and unconventional warfare.

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