Buongiorno, la Commissione EU fa l'offesa se a SPIARE funzionari, scienziati, aziende e cittadini europei "ha stato Trump" invece dei suoi predecessori... ...ipocriti al cubo! «Report: EC issues burner phones for visits to US» https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_burner_devices/ --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The European Commission is giving staffers visiting the US on official business burner laptops and phones to avoid espionage attempts, according to the Financial Times. The use of clean and locked-down hardware is common practice for anyone visiting China, Russia, and other states where aggressive electronic surveillance is expected. Apparently the European Union has added the United States to that list. "The transatlantic alliance is over," an EU official [told] the newspaper, which reported the commission "is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China." Next week, officials from the EU are due in Washington DC for the spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. Four sources told the FT the EC had changed its guidance to ensure that visitors to America take serious precautions against cyber-espionage. "They are worried about the US getting into the commission systems," said one. [...] Taking a burner device, to be honest, sounds like standard practice for people in sensitive lines of work, though this is all being interpreted as an indication of quite how badly relations have slipped between Europe and the US. And while a certain amount of spying on one's allies is [expected] – former German chancellor Angela Merkel was [most peeved] when it turns out her phone was being bugged by the NSA – a recommendation to take fresh devices is something new. More context: • [John Kerry bombshell: 'Yes, the NSA… reached TOO FAR, inappropriately'] • [Germany tells America to verpissen off over Huawei 5G cyber-Sicherheitsbedenken] • [Angela Merkel's phone was being listened in on by FIVE foreign powers] • [This is how we know Echelon exists] Ultimately, spies spy, and when it comes to spying on the world, no one doubts America's abilities, regardless of who is in charge. "Washington is not Beijing or Moscow, but it is an adversary that is prone to use extra-legal methods to further its interests and power," Luuk van Middelaar, director of the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics think tank, told the FT. "Democrat administrations use the same tactics. It is an acceptance of reality by the Commission." A European Commission spokesperson, an in email to /The Register/, did not deny equipment was being handed out to staff as reported. And while the spinner claimed the commission had not issued official guidance to use burner laptops and phones, they did admit it had tweaked its recommendations. "We have recently updated several country specific traveling recommendation factsheets for officials. They reflect the latest changes in the way the commission communicates and the general increase of threats globally regarding cybersecurity," the spokesperson told us. "Finally, indeed we recommend linking the e-visa to an EU laissez-passer for senior officials, in order to underline the official nature of the visit and facilitate visa processes in embassies prior to departure. Again, these updated recommendations were included in many other countries' factsheets to the attention of travelling senior officials." We understand the FT stands by its yarn. And it wouldn't be the first time the EU had [denied] a story, only to later confirm its veracity. ® --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- [told] <https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b> [expected] <https://www.theregister.com/2001/09/14/this_is_how_we_know/> [most peeved] <https://www.theregister.com/2013/11/26/merkel_phone_tapped_by_5_countries/> [John Kerry bombshell: 'Yes, the NSA… reached TOO FAR, inappropriately'] <https://www.theregister.com/2013/11/01/john_kerry_nsa_spying/> [Germany tells America to verpissen off over Huawei 5G cyber-Sicherheitsbedenken] <https://www.theregister.com/2019/02/19/germany_huawei_5g_security/> [Angela Merkel's phone was being listened in on by FIVE foreign powers] <https://www.theregister.com/2013/11/26/merkel_phone_tapped_by_5_countries/> [This is how we know Echelon exists] <https://www.theregister.com/2001/09/14/this_is_how_we_know/> [denied] <https://x.com/paolatamma/status/1907067942660870231> -- 380° (lost in /traslation/) «Welcome to the chaos of the times If you go left and I go right Pray we make it out alive This is Karmageddon»