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Android is an even larger attack surface when political people don't take any of the precautions you mention, which they most likely won't. The President of the
by judge2020 5y ago
Android is an even larger attack surface when political people don't take any of the precautions you mention, which they most likely won't. The President of the United States does indeed have a specialized phone that is modified by WH staff to either be only for phone calls or only for twitter/news (which means 2 phones)[0], but they're still iPhones. As long as there's not some 0-authorization 0-click vulnerability in the things used (as in, reportedly, neither iphone did texts), it'll be secure enough, but that's still limiting its usage and isn't want any politician is going to do. Just stick to a desk phone for secure comms.
0: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-phone-security-risk-hackers-601903 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-phone-securi...
- dx034 5y agoCould anyone deactivate texts on an iphone or did they get a special iOS version from Apple?
- vanchor3 5y agoTexts or iMessage? Texts shouldn't be difficult, just disable on the carrier end. MDM might be able to restrict it further just in case. With iMessage you can just not sign in to an Apple ID. Or use MDM.