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I guess. But even before the Khashoggi assassination, MBS was arguably an obvious threat. I can't imagine considering him a "friend". I mean, I'd be gobsmacked
by mirimir 7y ago
I guess. But even before the Khashoggi assassination, MBS was arguably an obvious threat. I can't imagine considering him a "friend".
I mean, I'd be gobsmacked if he mixed personal and business on the same devices. That could be disastrous, not just embarrassing. So a third device category doesn't seem unworkable.
Edit: Also, wouldn't someone like Bezos have security advisers? And how could they have failed to warn him?
One could make a similar argument about MBS, of course.
- joe_the_user 7y agoThis reminds me of the way that Barrack Obama tried to keep his personal cellphone once he became president. Having a personal relationship with the wealthy and powerful is a unique thing since these are the ultimate decision makers. I would guess that Bezos or anyone like him chats frequently with very powerful people and that this is factor in him maintaining his own power and influence. And mobile devices would seem to magnify that ability of the very topmost people to connect directly with each other - ie, this was all done by secretaries and through protocol but that's slower and can let one big boss instantly sway another. Of MBS doing his own spying and hacking is another way topmost people are becoming "do it yourself-ers".
- iron0013 7y agoI shudder to think what would have happened if Obama had ultimately refused to give up his personal phone, and every half-talented hacking group on the planet had pwned it six ways from Sunday—what a national security disaster that would have been! Oh wait
- ta999999171 7y agoThe Clinton server wasn't really interesting because she broke the rules...it was because the Chinese/whomever could grab stuff and the owners had plausible deniability.
- kyboren 7y agoI'm pretty sure GP was actually referring to President Trump's refusal to give up his personal tweet gun^W^Wsmartphone.
- ta999999171 7y agoI'm just talking tech, not partisan politics.
- the_why_of_y 7y agoThere wasn't much classified stuff to grab, if the FBI report is to be believed. https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019-10-17%20State%20Dept.%20to%20CEG%20-%20Classified%20Emails.pdf https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/document...
- VintageCool 7y agoIIRC, the Clinton server wasn't hacked. Meanwhile, the government email system was.