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US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip (techcrunch.com)
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[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 days ago

Or do you think it's like a game where you unlock the "passive listening device countermeasures" technology

Kinda, yes. Now that everyone knows how it works, and they will, because intelligence agencies share this stuff with their allies, it would become a lot harder to pull the same trick again.

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