BEIJING: China leads the world in connecting everyday devices to the internet, but is creating huge hacking vulnerabilities for itself and others by doing so, renegade American software pioneer John McAfee warned on Tuesday.

Hackers had already been able to gain control of devices such as safes and heating controls, and take over the computer systems of automobiles and airplanes, he said.

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