EU Officials Use Burner Phones in US Over Spying Fears!

Fears of heightened surveillance in the United States have reportedly led the European Commission to advise staff travelling to the country to use burner phones and stripped-down laptops, according to the Financial Times. This new guidance mirrors precautions previously reserved for travel to higher-risk destinations like China or Ukraine.

The advice reportedly includes recommendations for officials to switch off their personal devices upon arrival and store them in specialised anti-espionage sleeves. While the European Commission confirmed a recent update to its travel security guidance, it refrained from commenting on these specific details reported by the FT.

This development occurs amidst ongoing EU-US relations, including trade negotiations. The EU's trade chief, Maroš Šefčovič, is currently in Washington for discussions with his US counterpart, Howard Lutnick. Furthermore, other EU commissioners are scheduled to visit Washington soon for meetings at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Contextually, these heightened security measures coincide with reports suggesting increased scrutiny for some international travellers entering the US since Donald Trump returned to office. Incidents have included demands to check personal electronic devices at the border, highlighted by a case in March where a French academic was allegedly denied entry following an examination of messages on his phone critical of Trump's policies. This video examines the reported EU measures and the broader context of surveillance concerns and border checks affecting travel to the US.

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[SirAntoniousBlock]

It doesn't matter if Trump goes or not, the voters that placed him in power are not going away, relations with the US have changed forever.

[User-xvw]

The EU walks away from an abusive relationship Good on them! 🇪🇺♥️

[windsorSJ]

Never in all my life have I seen travel warnings about going to the US, I never thought it would happen. What a shame. Republicans must own this long after trump, never let them forget.

[tpn]

Don't go to the US unless you must. Most stuff can be done over the internet.

[FlbcImp]

With friends like America who needs enemies?

[Alphadog]

You think it will get better. No chance its AmeriKKKa now. I will not go there ever again

[shlibbermacshlibber]

It's an unsafe country, it makes sense

[johnjanssens]

Obviously. If the US spied on Merkel in her own country....

[chrisvashck]

Even if Trump is gone in 4 years it doesn't mean another lunatic will not be elected in 8-14 years again. It happened once, it can happen again and EU needs to be prepared for that. It is better to get out of the toxic relationship than stay in it and hoping for better times .

[ermericcarolissen]

America will NEVER be great again. Regards, The World.

[nedludd]

Back in the 90's, France began developing its own communications software and chips for the government, diplomats, and military independent of US.

[Human_Herbivore]

The breakdown of privacy in the US goes back at least to the ridiculous Patriot Act.

[mrwidestrides]

I’ve heard a rumour that Farage offered his supply of trump gold plated signal phones but the language settings were locked to Russian.

[retired]

Using a trump quote, the US has become a "sh*thole" country.

[User-xvw]

Down the rabbit hole Malice in Blunderland!

[candidaprout]

Good morning Max and all here. Well done Europe, 🇪🇺. When trump wants to send US citizens to el Salvador imagine what he would try to do to Europeans. He has no allies anymore but for Russia and El Salvador n Korea orban and his enablers

[nielsjensen]

Even if it improves without substantial changes to the US Constitution, there's NOTHING that prevents it from happening again. That should be the real worry.

[melhudson]

Definitely do not travel to the USA, and if you must be very careful.

[ClaireSweets]

I worked for an ngo and this used to be something we would do when sending phones and laptops to Africa. My friends in the UK govt are being told to send burners to usa now. How trust in the USA has fallen to this standard so quickly is incredible.

[hubertl]

This reminds of my travels to Russia and China back in the 1980s and 1990s...This is