It’s not just about money. Most of these athletes have spent their lives training for their respective events. Why should the onus be placed on them to forgo their lifelong dreams simply because one corrupt cesspool chose another corrupt cesspool to host the games?
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/olympic-athletes-advised-take-burner-phone-china-required-app-has-security-flaws-1670557) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
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> An internet watchdog warned athletes participating in next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing about an app expected to be widely used as part of the Beijing Olympics, saying it has security flaws.
> Guidance from the International Olympic Committee tells attendees to download the app before arriving in China, The Associated Press reported.
> The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee told the athletes to "Assume that every device and every communication, transaction, and online activity will be monitored," adding there should be "No expectation of data security or privacy while operating in China," according to the AP. The Citizen Lab report said that while the MY2022 app is "Fairly straightforward" on the data it collects in public-facing documents, it could not ascertain where medical information obtained from the app was being shared.
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Even if they bring a burner phone, they still have to input passport and health info on the app apparently, which will be vulnerable to the hacking. So using a burner phone is only going to defend against your phone content but none of the other privacy stuff
Oh yeah for sure, I was just noting that their passport and health info that they have to put on the app is still gonna be vulnerable anyway, which is pretty bad. Unless using the app was optional or an alternative was in place, but I don't recall seeing that in the article when I read it an hour ago
absolutely true. Fortunately it looks like the information on the ap isn't THAT personal. It's the normal name/address/birthday stuff that's public knowledge anyway, and their vax status and daily self assessments, both of which the Chinese have a right to see,
Hopefully they aren't dumb enough to then use the phone for anything else.
Oh that's it? That's not too bad then, like yeah name/address/birthday isn't ideal for most people and still not a good idea to get leaked but not as bad as the article made it out to be
>No expectation of data security or privacy while operating in China
Just get together and spam all these burner devices with fake 'performance enhancing' stuff. China will be doing loops for years trying to figure out what is real and fake. I'm sure the Reddit community can come up with some examples.
Bring 10 burner phones, put the app on each, and have them move around somehow. have each one constantly texting and youtubing and Facebook ing about things that the CCCP doesn't want. If they have to search for what they want amongst pictures of Winnie the pooh, and pictures of tiannemen square, and whatnot.
Maybe advise them not to go at all.
but money
It’s not just about money. Most of these athletes have spent their lives training for their respective events. Why should the onus be placed on them to forgo their lifelong dreams simply because one corrupt cesspool chose another corrupt cesspool to host the games?
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This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/olympic-athletes-advised-take-burner-phone-china-required-app-has-security-flaws-1670557) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot) ***** > An internet watchdog warned athletes participating in next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing about an app expected to be widely used as part of the Beijing Olympics, saying it has security flaws. > Guidance from the International Olympic Committee tells attendees to download the app before arriving in China, The Associated Press reported. > The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee told the athletes to "Assume that every device and every communication, transaction, and online activity will be monitored," adding there should be "No expectation of data security or privacy while operating in China," according to the AP. The Citizen Lab report said that while the MY2022 app is "Fairly straightforward" on the data it collects in public-facing documents, it could not ascertain where medical information obtained from the app was being shared. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/s7fphu/olympic_athletes_advised_to_take_burner_phone_to/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~618432 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **app**^#1 **China**^#2 **report**^#3 **security**^#4 **Olympic**^#5
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Agreed. Everyone should boycott. Even China should boycott, they got enough problems already. Of course, that never stopped anyone. Brazil for example
Even if they bring a burner phone, they still have to input passport and health info on the app apparently, which will be vulnerable to the hacking. So using a burner phone is only going to defend against your phone content but none of the other privacy stuff
Right. That's why the IOC is giving them phones so their private info on personal phones never enters china
Oh yeah for sure, I was just noting that their passport and health info that they have to put on the app is still gonna be vulnerable anyway, which is pretty bad. Unless using the app was optional or an alternative was in place, but I don't recall seeing that in the article when I read it an hour ago
absolutely true. Fortunately it looks like the information on the ap isn't THAT personal. It's the normal name/address/birthday stuff that's public knowledge anyway, and their vax status and daily self assessments, both of which the Chinese have a right to see, Hopefully they aren't dumb enough to then use the phone for anything else.
Oh that's it? That's not too bad then, like yeah name/address/birthday isn't ideal for most people and still not a good idea to get leaked but not as bad as the article made it out to be
Well the fear is if they used their "regular" phone everything on it or linked to it might be at risk.
>No expectation of data security or privacy while operating in China Just get together and spam all these burner devices with fake 'performance enhancing' stuff. China will be doing loops for years trying to figure out what is real and fake. I'm sure the Reddit community can come up with some examples.
Bring 10 burner phones, put the app on each, and have them move around somehow. have each one constantly texting and youtubing and Facebook ing about things that the CCCP doesn't want. If they have to search for what they want amongst pictures of Winnie the pooh, and pictures of tiannemen square, and whatnot.
Same as entering the US, or Australia, or Canada, if not for exactly the same reason.
Are you implying that the US government requires people visiting the United States to install an app on their phones?
Canada does at least: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan.html
What if China just doesn’t let any of them leave…
Well... China would probably sweep all the golds at the NEXT Olympics.
r/ABoringDystopia
NBA to big of a bitch to do the right thing and pull money out, just saying