The authorities have issued a two-page manual for participants, which has a total of ten points. The Czech Olympic Committee (WWTP) told ČTK that it received the material on Thursday, when most of the Czech athletes nominated for the Winter Olympics in China will leave. Other countries have also addressed the cyber security of game participants.
Experts from both authorities have developed the material “Travel (Cyber) Safely: Recommendations for Travel Abroad”, which aims to introduce Czech athletes heading to the Beijing Olympics and the public to the basics of cyber security and advise them on how to use technology to make their communication abroad safer.
The two-page manual has ten points, four of which focus on pre-trip preparation, and the remaining six on how to maintain cybersecurity during the trip itself. For example, a traveler should go abroad with “clean” devices designed for a specific trip that do not contain any personal data or important user accounts. He should protect his devices with new and unique passwords and, for example, use encrypted applications during the trip and not connect on public wi-fi networks.
Doctor: you can’t be here without an official application
The material also mentions the dangers of downloading unknown or vulnerable applications. These include the official and mandatory application of the Beijing Olympics, My 2022. “If I didn’t have that application, I wouldn’t be here. For example, the head of the Czech Olympic mission, Martin Doktor, who is already in Beijing, is fulfilling.
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Personally, he does not feel supervised in China. “No, I don’t feel that way. It doesn’t even work here, we are in an enclosed space. No, I don’t really feel like I’m watching me. For me, I feel like every other game where we spend the beginning in an enclosed space. It’s more noticeable here, we can’t even go anywhere in the city to shop, “the Doctor described.
Recommendations that are not binding on Olympians will be distributed to athletes by the Olympic Committee. Jsme We received the manual today (on Thursday, note red.) and of course we will send it to the athletes, “Barbora Žehanová, the director of communication at the WWTP, told ČTK.
Canadian scientists, for example, have warned against the Olympic mobile application My 2022, according to which it is not safe. A team from the University of Toronto said the application had serious security flaws and sensitive user data could easily be leaked. According to them, the application can send sensitive data in certain situations without the user’s knowledge.
For example, the Slovak National Security Office again advised the participants of the Olympics not to take personal electronics with them. He recommended obtaining a temporary electronic device, including temporary SIM cards. During his stay in China, on the other hand, the office did not recommend installing any applications or software on the device. After returning from China, the participants in the Olympics should then get rid of the device or at least reinstall the entire operating system.
Most of the Czech athletes nominated for the Beijing Winter Games will fly to the Olympics today. 112 athletes currently qualified for Beijing, which means the most numerous Czech winter expedition.
