Chinese Air Fryers May Be Spying on Consumers, Which? Warns

A consumer rights group has warned UK shoppers to research their next electronics purchases carefully, after finding evidence of “excessive smart device surveillance” from Chinese air fryers and other products.

Which? claimed that smart air fryers from Xiaomi, Cosori and Aigostar all wanted to know customers’ precise locations, as well as permission to record audio on the user’s phone.

The Xiaomi app linked to the smart device also connected to ad trackers from Facebook, TikTok’s Pangle ad network and Tencent, depending on the location of said user, the report claimed.

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