FOX News Rundown EXTRA: The Olympics Are Underway. So, Is China's Spying.

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 5 February 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Beijing Olympics are underway. And if competing on the world stage wasn't stressful enough for our American athletes, the threat of a cyber-attack is also looming over their heads during these Winter games. Helping to fuel those worries, China has required competitors to download the 'My 2022' app to monitor their health during their trip. And earlier this week, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that China presents a larger security threat to the U.S. than any other country. Mike Baker, a former CIA covert operations officer, and CEO of Portman Square Group, joined Dave Anthony this week to talk about the cyber threat posed by China and the many precautions visitors must now take. Baker explained how he has long warned companies and travelers when traveling to China and why the nation is so interested in monitoring the online activity of Americans. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the interview in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Mike Baker and hear more of his analysis of China's attempts to steal our data and whether or not American athletes should have boycotted the games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Fox.
0:15.0	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:19.0	I'm Dave Anthony. Today, while Americans go for the gold and the first medal events of the Winter Olympics this weekend,
0:30.0	we focus on the host country, China.
0:34.0	The U.S. and some of our allies did send athletes, but that's about it.
0:38.0	Staging a diplomatic boycott over Chinese human rights concerns,
0:42.0	while our athletes are under surveillance there.
0:46.3	They were told to bring burner phones instead of their own phones to Beijing because China required
0:50.8	everyone to download an app while there for the Olympics, prompting an
0:54.7	FBI warning of cyber risk.
0:57.8	And that's something we talked to Mike Baker about.
1:00.6	He is a former CIA covert operations officer now working in the private sector security.
1:06.0	Our conversation went longer than we could fit in our rundown podcast the other day,
1:11.0	so we thought you might like to hear all of it now. Thank you
1:15.1	for listening as always enjoy the Olympics if you like watching and now Mike
1:20.0	Baker on the Fox News rundown extra.
1:23.4	Joining us on the Fox News rundown is Mike Baker.
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