China’s e-Home platform a security risk, official says

‘UNITED FRONT’: China’s promises of work and business opportunities are dubious given its high number of unemployed youth, the official said By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source A platform launched by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) purportedly to help young Taiwanese find work opportunities and exchange programs in China poses serious privacy and national security risks, a Taiwanese official said yesterday.The platform, called “Taiwan Youth e-Home” (台青e家), could send users’ personal information directly to the TAO, and is part of Beijing’s “united front” strategy and its attempts to extend its jurisdiction over Taiwan, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.Government agencies are taking steps to block or