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> Because Clinton did not use desktop computers, she relied on her personal BlackBerry, which she had started using three years earlier. I suppose important po
by aftbit 11y ago
> Because Clinton did not use desktop computers, she relied on her personal BlackBerry, which she had started using three years earlier.
I suppose important political figures have aides to handle a lot of mundane tasks for them, but I still find it hard to believe that a major power player in 2016 doesn't use a desktop/laptop to organize information.
By the way, enjoy this very vaguely related essay: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/notes/havel.html https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/notes/havel.html
- revelation 11y agoOf course, she just doesn't use any PC owned by her because then naturally that is subject to the same disclosure/retention laws. In the same sense that Albright and Rice said they did not use email while at State for the very same reason; they are not technically illiterate, they just don't want their communication public. There have been many cases of people in power not using technology at all: http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2008/09/govs-to-public-stay-out-of-our-e-mail/ http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2008/09/govs-to-public-stay-out...
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