US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics
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Summary
Filed under:Over concerns of surveillance and malicious softwareThe United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is telling athletes to ditch their personal phones for burners ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in China, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal (via Android Central).The advisory was reportedly sent out twice last year to warn athletes about the possibility of digital surveillance while in China.
As said here by Emma Roth