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by ceejayoz 26 days ago
> You expect Putin of the KGB to presume the person he's speaking to doesn't have a recording device…

Yes, I absolutely expect that sort of security at such a meeting.

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You expect the Russians to strip search the President of the United States to check for a listening device when they know that person will be in the room to hear whatever is said anyway, and the US to agree to that?
I would expect the Russians to monitor for active electronic devices.
At which point they can tell that he wears a watch but not whether the watch is a recording device, and can't detect shielded devices that can record audio onto internal storage with no RF emissions, and still can't do anything if he remembers a phrase and asks for it to be translated later.