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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 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because that's what they do...

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what everyone does.

Example gift from Russia, completely passive listening device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 6 points 1 day ago

What a fascinating read, cheers !

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

It sounds like they're justified in thinking that then.