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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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[+] -8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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

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

    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?

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months 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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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Modern version would be a silicon device not using any metal, that has a very low power mechanism (perhaps mechanical/chemical) that wakes it up much later where it then works as a bug. For example.

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