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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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[–] leoj@piefed.social 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 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.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] leoj@piefed.social 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.zip 13 points 1 month 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.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

The dog peeling like a banana was what convinced me....

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Links broken or page is broken

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think your client isn't handling the markdown correctly. Link without markdown:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Interesting. No idea what markdown means. Thanks.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.social 15 points 1 month ago

Right? I was like "Faith in the FBI? Someone didn't watch the Mens Hockey gold medal match..."

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 10 points 1 month 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.