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> The tech-aloofness of the two nominees marks a sharp break from President Barack Obama, who fought to keep a mobile phone when he entered the White House...

> The tech-aloofness of the two nominees marks a sharp break from President Barack Obama, who fought to keep a mobile phone when he entered the White House... Keep in mind that isn't necessarily a good thing, or even a sign of tech savvy. http://cryptome.org/2012-info/obama-moron/0021.htm http://cryptome.org/2012-info/obama-moron/0021.htm

maxerickson 10y ago
The author of that post seems to be quite a character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPfgISHU3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPfgISHU3E
- doctorshady 10y ago
  Definitely seems like it. It sounds like there's a very clear issue here that the president has been repeatedly talked to about, though. My point was that wanting to use a product that's been around for 30 years isn't necessarily an indication of knowledge and acceptance of tech; that's sort of a vain way to measure it, imho. It should be measured by someone's comprehension of how a technology works, and an understanding of the positive and negative implications of it. Honestly, as time goes on, more of the people I meet in the tech sector seem more like moderates; a lot less likely to jump to a shiny new thing than the average consumer.
  - maxerickson 10y ago
    It isn't clear to me they have any idea what they are talking about. They are obviously paranoid (why else have a rocket launcher?). I would expect the secure equipment to not leak information when exposed to a weak RF source, and I wonder if the cell phones in question are themselves secure (there was a bunch of noise about the special effort required to provision secure cell phones at the time).
    - doctorshady 10y ago
      > It isn't clear to me they have any idea what they are talking about. Did you read down into the last part of the Cryptome document? He goes into a pretty in-depth explanation of why it's an issue.
      - maxerickson 10y ago
        There's no information there useful for determining if he is an expert or a crank. Using Google to try to figure out his qualifications quickly led to a video calling him a part time EMT and discussing his arrest for illegal weapons possession.

maxerickson 10y ago

The author of that post seems to be quite a character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPfgISHU3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPfgISHU3E

doctorshady 10y ago
Definitely seems like it. It sounds like there's a very clear issue here that the president has been repeatedly talked to about, though. My point was that wanting to use a product that's been around for 30 years isn't necessarily an indication of knowledge and acceptance of tech; that's sort of a vain way to measure it, imho. It should be measured by someone's comprehension of how a technology works, and an understanding of the positive and negative implications of it. Honestly, as time goes on, more of the people I meet in the tech sector seem more like moderates; a lot less likely to jump to a shiny new thing than the average consumer.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  It isn't clear to me they have any idea what they are talking about. They are obviously paranoid (why else have a rocket launcher?). I would expect the secure equipment to not leak information when exposed to a weak RF source, and I wonder if the cell phones in question are themselves secure (there was a bunch of noise about the special effort required to provision secure cell phones at the time).
  - doctorshady 10y ago
    > It isn't clear to me they have any idea what they are talking about. Did you read down into the last part of the Cryptome document? He goes into a pretty in-depth explanation of why it's an issue.
    - maxerickson 10y ago
      There's no information there useful for determining if he is an expert or a crank. Using Google to try to figure out his qualifications quickly led to a video calling him a part time EMT and discussing his arrest for illegal weapons possession.