NTD News China in Focus interviews Security Advisor Rex M. Lee

Rex breaks down cybersecurity threats associated with Tech-Based Hyrid Warfare and how to protect your data in the AI age, plus the need for an Electronic Bill of Rights (EBOR).

Rex explains that EBOR is centered on the enforcement of existing consumer protection, child protection, FCC privacy, and national security laws such as The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversarial Controlled Applications Act of which the Trump administration is not enforcing.

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Lockheed Martin Cyber Attack: Did Iran Steal F-35 Secrets?

In this TechStorm special report, Rex M. Lee examines claims made by the hacker group known as APT Iran, which alleges it exfiltrated approximately 375 terabytes of data from Lockheed Martin, one of America's largest defense contractors.

By Rex M. Lee Security Advisor | My Smart Privacy

Security advisor Rex M. Lee investigates why IDEMIA, a French identity-security firm, processes passports, fingerprints, and facial recognition data for the TSA, CBP, and FBI. With IDEMIA's public-security division now being sold to Spain's Amadeus IT Group, Lee asks the bigger question: why is any foreign-owned company trusted with America's most sensitive biometric data?

Rex Lee, Security Advisor and Tech Journalist explains that modern technology and data-driven systems are increasingly used to influence behavior and public opinion, while efforts to regulate these practices are complicated by widespread reliance on the same technologies across politics, business, and society.

Security advisor and tech journalist Rex Lee of My Smart Privacy confronts a provocative question: Is China quietly winning the global data center buildout — and with it, the AI race? Drawing on years of research, he makes the case for what he believes the evidence overwhelmingly shows.

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Interview with Rex Lee

Smart Home Connected Products Pose National Security Risk:

 A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies warns that Chinese-made cellular modules could pose a significant national security risk to the United States.

Rex Lee, a technology journalist and cybersecurity adviser at ‘My Smart Privacy,’ joined NTD to offer his expertise.

By Rex M. Lee | Security Advisor

We are at a pivotal moment in history—the evolution of artificial intelligence integrated into a data-driven business model centered on targeted advertising, rooted in Surveillance Capitalism.

Surveillance Capitalism is fueled by addictive, brain-hijacking and manipulative advertising technologies, now amplified by AI systems capable of inducing behavioral conditioning—what many recognize as the Eliza Effect. This is not just theory; it is the underlying premise warned about in the film Ex Machina.

To fully understand the warning depicted in that film, we must revisit a defining moment in modern history…

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Rex M. Lee, Tech Journalist and  Security Advisor explains that while immersive experiences like Ascended Intelligence show AI’s potential as a human-enhancing tool, fear-driven narratives and overhype in the West are slowing adoption and eroding trust. Meanwhile, countries like China are accelerating ahead by promoting widespread AI acceptance—highlighting a growing strategic and national security risk if the West does not shift toward responsible, optimistic engagement with AI.