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According to the Guardian [0] Obama's phone is specially hardened by the NSA, so maybe not necessarily? [0] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/28/w
by mcintyre1994 11y ago
According to the Guardian [0] Obama's phone is specially hardened by the NSA, so maybe not necessarily?
[0] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/28/which-phones-world-leaders-use http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/28/which-phon...
- Someone1234 11y agoI guess it depends what "security" we're discussing. I was talking about passive signal noise which could be used to locate a potential target (e.g. pick the president's vehicle from the identical ones in the motorcade). Even a hardened phone will still leak EM radiation. If we're talking about informational security, well, I don't know why we would. The Fitbit doesn't sync realtime and most of the president's meetings are public. So while it would be extremely embarrassing, I don't know how compromising it would be.
- brlewis 11y agoThe Surge GPS is turned off except when doing a GPS-enabled exercise like bicycling or running, so as you commented earlier the phone is the weak link here. The Fitbit Surge can be ignored.