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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alan Smith

World Cup fans told to leave phones at home and buy burners over Qatar hacking fears

Fans travelling to Qatar for the World Cup have been warned to leave their mobile phones at home because of hacking fears.

Tory MP Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, has become the latest figure to voice concerns and she believes that supporters should buy burner phones that they only use to talk to family.

Last week Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry announced that it would no longer be mandatory to install the Ehteraz contact tracing app - but visitors will still need it if they are to enter any health facility in Doha.

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