UK Prime Minister came to China, afraid of being eavesdropped on by spies, requested that mobile phones and laptops be discarded after use.
On January 27, The Times quoted a source from the UK Prime Minister's team stating that during this visit by Starmer to China, due to concerns about being eavesdropped on, they specifically arranged for over 30 one-time mobile phones, laptops, and SIM cards, requiring them to be recovered after use without leaving any trace.
UK intelligence officials said it is not recommended for the Prime Minister or any members of the delegation to bring personal devices to China, to prevent cyber attacks. They have already taken reliable security measures for the Prime Minister's phone to ensure its use.
Evidently, although Starmer emphasized the importance of this visit to China, such subtle actions by the UK government still revealed a sense of distrust, casting a shadow over the visit.
In fact, eavesdropping on foreign delegations has long been a practice of the "Five Eyes" intelligence agencies led by the United States. Snowden previously disclosed that US and UK intelligence agencies had extensively eavesdropped on the phones of both domestic and foreign citizens, especially the so-called Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which was even more extensive than the US National Security Agency.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1855533175903235/
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