“The lawmakers said a recent analysis by a commercial company provided to the committee indicates that these devices may potentially collect and transmit extensive user data -- including sensitive personal information to servers under Chinese jurisdiction without explicit user consent.”

dopa42365 a day ago | parent [-]

>indicates that these devices may potentially

Translation: they could do that (just like everything else connected to the internet), but they don't? (hence you never heard of that probe again?)

	▲	propaganja a day ago \| parent [-]
		They could do that according to an unspecified "commercial company", as reported in an article titled, "Lawmakers want US Commerce Department to probe Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus".