By Rex M. Lee, Security Advisor and Investigative Tech Journalist

ByteDance, the Chinese tech conglomerate behind TikTok, is at the center of a patent infringement controversy involving the alleged illegal replication of social video playback and sharing technology that the US Patent and Trademark office granted a patent for.

The case raises serious questions about intellectual property theft, national security, and the complicity of Big Tech in enabling foreign adversaries.

There have been growing calls to counter China's rise in technological advancements, especially in realms like AI. But what exactly are the risks to Americans? NTD spoke with Rex Lee.

Interview with Rex Lee, My Smart Privacy

By Rex M. Lee, Security Advisor & Investigative Tech Journalist, My Smart Privacy

Despite strong privacy laws like Europe’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, Big Tech exploits mobile apps to bypass protections, turning smartphones into data-harvesting tools. Here’s how they do it—and why it matters for your privacy. 

Interview with Security Advisor Rex M. Lee

The AT&T and CrowdStrike outages in 2024 exposed a national security threat associated with centralized internet and telecom regarding chokepoints that can take down internet trade and commerce while taking down mass communications and telecommunications services nation-wide causing a nationwide outage. NTD Business Matters and China in Focus interviews security advisor Rex M. Lee, My Smart Privacy, regarding these National Security Threats.

Interview with Security Advisor Rex M. Lee 

Social media can become addictive in just 35 minutes, according to documents revealed in a TikTok lawsuit against its Chinese-based owner, ByteDance. But social media has an even bigger issue. NTD spoke with Rex Lee, cybersecurity adviser at My Smart Privacy, to discuss.

CyberTalk TV Interview with Rex M. Lee

We take a deeper dive into the quantum computing revolution where the stakes couldn’t be higher. A single quantum computer holds the power to dismantle all modern encryption systems.

By Kevin Stocklin Featuring Security Advisor - Rex M. Lee 

As companies and government agencies around the world scramble to restore their computer systems following this month’s global outage from a faulty software update, questions are being raised about whether proper protocols for updates were followed.

By: Rex M. Lee for My Smart Privacy 

Rex M. Lee, Security Advisor/Tech Journalist, gives an interview for CyberTalk TV on how to secure your smartphone.

By: Rex M. Lee for My Smart Privacy 

In this fascinating interview security advisor Rex M. Lee is interviewed by CyberTalk TV’s Merle Garrison regarding cybersecurity threat vectors and actors, plus best practices and solutions.

By: Rex M. Lee for My Smart Privacy 

Rex M. Lee, Security Advisor, interviews WeSecure CTO, Darren Olson, who explains Zero Trust security, for Smart Africa.