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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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[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 35 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] leoj@piefed.social 12 points 11 hours 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 7 points 9 hours 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.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Links broken or page is broken

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think your client or instance is broken. Link without markdown:

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

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Interesting. No idea what markdown means. Thanks.