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Title: EU Issues US-bound Staff With Burner Phones Over Spying Fears
Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/14/18142...
The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-
bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage [non-paywalled source], a measure
traditionally reserved for trips to China. Financial Times: Commissioners and
senior officials travelling to the IMF and World Bank spring meetings next
week have been given the new guidance, according to four people familiar with
the situation. They said the measures replicate those used on trips to
Ukraine and China, where standard IT kit cannot be brought into the countries
for fear of Russian or Chinese surveillance. "They are worried about the US
getting into the commission systems," said one official. The treatment of the
US as a potential security risk highlights how relations have deteriorated
since the return of Donald Trump as US president in January. Trump has
accused the EU of having been set up to "screw the US" and announced 20 per
cent so-called reciprocal tariffs on the bloc's exports, which he later
halved for a 90-day period. At the same time, he has made overtures to
Russia, pressured Ukraine to hand over control over its assets by temporarily
suspending military aid and has threatened to withdraw security guarantees
from Europe, spurring a continent-wide rearmament effort. "The transatlantic
alliance is over," said a fifth EU official.
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