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It is relatively trivial to identify the friends of a famous person, such as any sitting President of the United States. Since the government doesn't go around
by downandout 8y ago
It is relatively trivial to identify the friends of a famous person, such as any sitting President of the United States. Since the government doesn't go around paying for secure lines for all friends of all Presidents, it seems likely that all calls from all Presidents to all of their friends throughout modern history were subject to eavesdropping. This isn't a "Trump is an idiot" issue, as the article strives so diligently to imply. All Presidents have had this issue when speaking to friends who don't have secure lines at government expense.
- netsharc 8y agoWell, it's more like "Trump is an idiot, and this is another attack vector the Chinese are using to influence him.". Previous presidents read daily intelligence reports and probably paid attention to the warnings about what they can talk about with their friends over insecure lines, but this guy "knows best". IIRC Obama invited his high school friends a lot to hang in the White House, that's one way to avoid insecure phone networks.