Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoUS orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China triptechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down17cross-posted to: informatica@feddit.it
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minus-squaresartalon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHe got a personal burner as well. He bought new luggage and clothes for the trip, knowing they would be paid for and discarded. He said it wasn’t that big a deal. It’s not like they surprised him on the way back, telling him to throw his stuff away.
minus-squareBloefz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYeah clothes for me are very personal, I only wear certain fabrics (cotton T-shirts). But I mean I would never accept that to begin with. I would just not go on the trip. Our company has a significant number of employees inside China anyway so it would just be theater, if they want in they will get in.
He got a personal burner as well.
He bought new luggage and clothes for the trip, knowing they would be paid for and discarded. He said it wasn’t that big a deal.
It’s not like they surprised him on the way back, telling him to throw his stuff away.
Yeah clothes for me are very personal, I only wear certain fabrics (cotton T-shirts).
But I mean I would never accept that to begin with. I would just not go on the trip.
Our company has a significant number of employees inside China anyway so it would just be theater, if they want in they will get in.