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> Nowadays, there's no need to do anything so extreme, because everyone everywhere is already carrying a supercomputer with a camera and a microphone, 24x7, and
by a-dub 4y ago
> Nowadays, there's no need to do anything so extreme, because everyone everywhere is already carrying a supercomputer with a camera and a microphone, 24x7, and willingly agreeing to install and share a ridiculous amount of information with random apps!
i don't think that government employees who handle secrets are allowed to use commodity smartphones.
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- SoftTalker 4y agoAt some level, maybe not. But the majority of government employees and contractors with secret clearance do use commodity smartphones in their private lives. They might not be able to enter the workplace with them. It's also not clear how well this is enforced. Don't forget Hillary Clinton was running her own email server as Secretary of State.
- a-dub 4y ago> It's also not clear how well this is enforced. Don't forget Hillary Clinton was running her own email server as Secretary of State. as did bush jr (i think it was gwb2004.com or something.). maybe i have too much faith in the politicians, but i suspect that actually important secret things probably stayed on government equipment and that external email was used mostly for political strategy.