The football game with the symbols of the World Cup 2018, which Russia's president Vladimir Putin has given to the American leader Donald Tramp, is probably equipped with a special chip with communication function

The football game with the symbols of the World Cup 2018, which Russia's president Vladimir Putin has given to the American leader Donald Tramp, is probably equipped with a special chip with communication function.

The gift presented at the Helsinki press conference caused controversial reactions to Washington. Republican Senator Lindsay Grey wrote in Tviter: "I would check this football ball on the eavesdropping devices and I would never let it enter the White House."

Blumber's reporters came to the conclusion that the congressman might have been partially correct: on the surface of the ball they saw a special logo warning that he was equipped with a communication device.

The "Adidas" company officially explains that all balls for the World Championship 2018 were produced using NFC ( Near Field Communication ) technology . Small chips were mounted in them. A special application installed on the smartphone reads the code and opens up access to player videos, fan contests, and other similar content.

The chip itself is passive, it does not transmit any information and has a very small range of effects - to use the program, it is necessary to get the camera near to the ball. This can be done, for example, in a shop selling "Adidas" products or buying the ball itself, that is, the chip implant performs a pure advertising function.

The external chip remembers what is being installed on bank cards for contactless payments. "Adidas" explains that it is impossible to change, delete or overwrite the information embedded in it.

Earlier, the doorkeeper of the Bela house, Sara Sanders, confirmed that the ball that Putin had given to Tramp passed a standard security watch, obliged for all the gifts to the president. She refused to detail the details of this procedure.

During a joint press conference after the summit in Helsinki, responding to the issue of journalists who now need to take the initiative for Syria, Vladimir Putin handed Donald Trampo a ball from the World Championship in football, saying "the ball is now on his side". Tramp handed a gift to his wife Melanie and promised to give her son Baron.