Beijing Winter Olympics:America told its athletes - do not take regular mobile phones to China - use improvised burner phones

  

The Winter Olympics are starting in Beijing, the capital of China, from Friday, February 4. Many western countries including America have done diplomatic boycott of the Games. Now America has taken a step further in terms of the safety of athletes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked American athletes not to take their regular mobile phones to China, but to use prepaid burner phones instead.

Burner phone refers to such mobile phones, which are cheap and functional. They can be destroyed after use. In 2002, the term 'burner phone' was used for the first time in HBO's drama series. The term burner can be considered to mean use and throw.

After all, what is the danger that
America and many countries of the world think that the safety features of their athletes' phones can be targeted through a bug. Such acts are common in China. He has been doing the same thing to his citizens as well. To avoid this, the FBI has issued strict orders to American athletes to leave their iPhones or smartphones at home. Use temporary phones instead. The Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from February 4 to 20.

By the way, why only America, the National Olympic Committees of many Western countries have also clearly said in the circular sent to their athletes that they should not take their personal electronic gadgets to Beijing, because cyber security is a big challenge there.

American agencies are already vigilant
American officers and the Cyber ​​Security Unit of the FBI has been keeping an eye on China since February last year. During the presidential election held last year, China had also hatched a conspiracy to hack cyber. It is believed that Russian agencies were also involved in this. According to the FBI - At present, there is no information about any space threat in Beijing, but it is very important to be alert. One reason for this is that China has installed advanced techno surveillance equipment there. Facial recognition technology is also being used. These are dangerous things in terms of cyber security.

Business and education sector also alert
The Counter Intelligence Service in America has also issued an alert to the country's business community and academics i.e. education sector. They have been told to use their electronic gadgets with great caution in China, as they can be hacked and later used against US national security. According to a report, US cyber intelligence units are already investigating 2,000 cases of Chinese espionage.

What is the meaning of Diplomatic Boycott
There are about 12 countries including America, Japan, Canada who have done diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics. In simple words, it means that only athletes will go to participate in the games. No diplomat or protocol officer will go to Beijing to represent them. Western countries allege that China is the biggest culprit of Human Rights Violations in the world. China has called it a white lie.