Researchers drove a NIO ES8 electric SUV deep into a Norwegian underground mine specifically to sever its external connections. The car kept attempting to reach servers, most of them located in China. These findings echo broader concerns about hidden data collection, similar to how a surveillance app was built to covertly target users without their knowledge.
That finding sits at the center of Project Lion Cage, a multi-year study initiated in 2022 by Tor Indstøy, a risk management and threat intelligence executive at Telenor Group. Indstøy purchased the NIO ES8 as a dedicated research platform.
The project arrives as Chinese EV brands expand across European markets with assurances about local data processing. Observed network behavior appears to contradict those assurances.
No shit? A communist country that has more camera than people, tracks all communication, and blocks the Internet/all major apps from their entire countrys cars they manufactured track everything you do… I’m so shocked /s
These people that cry about wanting Chinese EVs in the US are the same people that cry when they have thermal runaway, no warranty, and are built cutting every corner possible. I fucking hate Trump, but in case in hate to say he’s right.
All of that has nothing to do with communism. China isn’t even communist.
Can we please stop telling tge rest of the world about what the PRC actually does. You are giving the rest of the governance in the world ideas.