US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip | TechCrunch
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People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received during the trip before boarding Air Force One, presumably for security reasons.
  • brachiosaurus@mander.xyzEnglish
    1 hour

    Sounds like the US use gifts, pins and burner phones to spy on foreign governments

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8 minutes

      had to surrender various items collected during the trip, including staff burner phones, credential badges, and lapel pins issued by China.

      They think the Chinese are doing that.

  • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
    4 hours

    But keeping a jet aircraft from another nation is totally ok… got it :)

        • Casterial@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1 hour

          This is old ASF, if you don’t think we can’t detect these then 😂😂😂

          • flandish@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32 minutes

            tech is tech. if it’s able to not be detected then it’s able to be not detected now.

            • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              7 minutes

              Why do you think it works like that? They know what it is and how it works, so they know what to look for.

              • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3 minutes

                Who “they”? Security services are not the hive, It’s not like everyone knows everything pr never misses anything. Or do you think it’s like a game where you unlock the “passive listening device countermeasures” technology and suddenly 100% bugs across the country are found and new bugs can’t be planted?

      • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
        4 hours

        I feel like it is entirely plausible to miss something when scanning, I believe it is extremely plausible to miss something when scanning an entire jet aircraft, regardless of the skills of the personnel involved.

          • fartographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12 minutes

            I wasn’t sure if this was going to be a radio interference post, or John Carpenter

          • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
            3 hours

            I feel like I had to have heard of this device before, but that article was a fascinating read - thank you!

            I think people still think of China as a second tier sometimes, but from what I have seen their technology is likely at least equal to ours, and I would imagine the West and China both surpass each other in different technological categories.

            • billy@piefed.zipEnglish
              2 hours

              Lol China is far superior to our tech. They get to manufacture everything we design. Then get to ponder on improvements. Not to mention their “students” in all our universities.

        • zikzak025@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 hours

          By “the FBI scanned”, they probably mean “We told Kash Patel that there was a six pack of Miller hidden somewhere in the plane and let him have at it.”

          • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
            3 hours

            Right? I was like “Faith in the FBI? Someone didn’t watch the Mens Hockey gold medal match…”

  • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 hours

    One of the most sensible things I’ve seen from the administration.

    Kinda surprised Trump was OK with it tbh…

  • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
    3 hours

    Pretty sure this is SOP. At least, it was before these idiots took over.

    Not sure why this is news, unless this didn’t occur to these morons before now and they think it’s a Very Good, Big Brain Idea™ that was obvious to literally everyone else.

  • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    Yah… Duh… Thats how espionage works…

    China would tell their diplomats to do the same returning from the US.