While State and Local Governments across the country - as well as in Washington - are seeing the security threat represented by data harvesting by China, our nation's top rival on the world stage, a city councilwoman in Rapid City is apparently standing up and declaring here you go, Chinese Communist Party! You can have…
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At least 14 states have passed bans on the service on government-issued devices in recent weeks. And Congress appears poised to pass a similar prohibition for federal workers.