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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

The Tudor Dixon Podcast: The Hidden Dangers of Chinese Surveillance Tech: Privacy, TikTok, and National Security Risks

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.5 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Tudor Dixon Podcast, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers exposes the growing threats posed by foreign surveillance technology—especially from Chinese companies—and what it means for American privacy and national security. From everyday devices like baby monitors to popular apps such as TikTok, Hilgers warns how consumer technology can be weaponized for espionage, data harvesting, and misinformation campaigns.

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0:08.5

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0:33.6

Welcome to the Tudor Dixon podcast. So I just want to ask if any of you have ever felt like there was somebody watching you,

0:42.3

watching what you're doing in your house.

0:45.0

I know we all had those baby monitors when our kids were little.

0:49.0

I had baby monitors all over the house because I had four kids.

0:52.2

And there was a part of me that was like, is it just me that is watching on these baby monitors? Well, we have Attorney General Mike Hilger's with us today to tell us, no, it's not. It's not just you and your family. Welcome to the podcast. Hey, great to be here. Thanks for having me, Tudor. So tell us what is going on. Honestly, I heard the story.

1:12.7

I'm like, okay, the Nebraska AG is on top of what's happening.

1:17.5

China is now in our kids' bedrooms watching us.

1:21.3

And I got to tell you, I heard this and I said, what are they getting out of this?

1:25.2

I mean, these are some of my worst moments in the

1:27.7

middle of the night walking into my kids' room and being like, why are you awake again?

1:33.6

Well, it's a good question, although I'll tell you, China's probably number one in the world

1:37.5

in terms of using surveillance of their citizens for evil purposes. So I can't necessarily put myself in their shoes, but I do know

1:46.4

that it's not going to be good. Although too like you. I'm glad you can't put yourself in their

1:50.3

shoes. That actually, that was comforting. Well, I'm in the 4K club like you and I know those days.

1:57.0

And so sometimes you think, what can they get? But the truth is, those monitors can actually

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