OnePlus is now under the radar of US politicians for spying

US politicians have requested an investigation by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus because their products in their opinion could be a strong threat to the “national security” of the United States.

Oppo subsidiary under general suspicion

The Oppo subsidiary OnePlus is targeted after the Ministry of Commerce has been asked by two politicians in a letter to examine the company’s safety of the company’s smartphones. In a letter to the Ministry, the politicians claim that the OnePlus smartphones could endanger the national security of the United States, reports the news agency Reuters.

The letter comes from John Moolenaar from the Republican Party and Raja Krishnamoorthi, who belongs to the Democrat. Moolenaar is the chairman of a committee of the US House of Representatives, which is specialized in dealing with China. They warn of OnePlus because the devices of the Oppo brand are also available for use in American mobile networks via large US retailers.

Personal data & screenshots?

In fact, OnePlus smartphones via Amazon are available in the United States as well as through the large electronics retailer Best Buy. The devices are usually sold without a contract and can easily be used in the networks of Verizon and T-Mobile. In their letter, the politicians call for an investigation of the security of user data on the OnePlus devices.

You are calling for the possible transfer of “sensitive personal information and screenshots” to China, which is to be carried out by the Information and Communications Technology and Services program of the US Department of Commerce. So far, the politicians have not given any specific indications for their concerns. In the United States, people have been increasingly making Chinese electronics manufacturers for several years.

As early as November 2022, the approval of new telecommunications devices from the Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE was banned. There were also bans against the distribution of security cameras of certain manufacturers such as Hytera and Hikvision, which can no longer be sold in the United States.