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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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[–] 77 points 5 months ago* (11 children)

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.

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  • [–] 68 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    I mean "The Thing" wasn't detected for seven years. It's always possible to miss a listening device.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Links broken or page is broken

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    A jet has multiple integrated digital systems meaning it would be super easy to hide things within the wiring or on circuit boards, which is exactly what security professionals said when they accepted the plane - it could never be made truly safe without being gutted - but they didn't listen.

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