Part of me says, yeah, looks like a problem, just as the hidden spy chips in Chinese made PCB's that were destined for sensitive Naval equipment (the chips were complete spychips, made small and shaped to look like diodes or SMT transistors) were a problem.
On the other hand, every smartphone, modern car, many modern flatscreens, and other devices are spying on everybody already.
What's the difference, really? It's all a matter of who's selling the data to whom.