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> They also specify the use of "retransmission devices" (mifi routers, basically) in favour of native cellular capability Yeah, this makes the most sense, ther

> They also specify the use of "retransmission devices" (mifi routers, basically) in favour of native cellular capability Yeah, this makes the most sense, there's no way they'd let a president's phone be connected to commercial networks. Tracking alone would be a huge issue, not to mention the plethora of ss7 abuses that can be done.

selkin 1y ago
s/they’d let/would have let/ According to a recent interview[0], the president has an uncontrolled phone (maybe in addition to other, approved devices). [0] https://archive.ph/2025.05.07-050707/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/trump-second-term-comeback/682573/ https://archive.ph/2025.05.07-050707/https://www.theatlantic...
- dymk 1y ago
  they’d’ve
  - GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
    maybe they'd've... or maybe... they'd'ven't?
    - codetrotter 1y ago
      whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es
- mikestew 1y ago
  From that linked article: “To this date, she doesn’t even know that I won the Presidency THREE times.” Holee-shit. Time to start keeping him away from microphones.
  - Catagris 1y ago
    Have you not been paying attention? He has said this many times and has even floated running again after this.
  - 542354234235 1y ago
    Literally an executive order. “[Christopher] Krebs, through CISA, falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen, including by inappropriately and categorically dismissing widespread election malfeasance and serious vulnerabilities with voting machines.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addr...
StackRanker3000 1y ago
Edit: sorry, I meant to post this in reply to selkin’s comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927123 I believe this has been the case for him and all of his senior staff since the beginning of his first presidency See for example this from 2017: > Despite universal warnings from security experts in and out of government, Donald Trump is apparently continuing to use an insecure, off-the-shelf Android phone http://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congressman-calls-investigation-trump-refuses-give-his-android-phone http://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congressman-c... I remember reading news articles on the topic at the time, and finding it egregious how relatively little attention it got, compared to the massive and coordinated ”lock her up” campaign against Hillary Clinton
- tcmart14 1y ago
  Tons of hypocrisy that just no one cared about. Ivanka was doing government business on a personal email[1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-used-a-personal-email-account-to-send-hundreds-of-emails-about-government-business-last-year/2018/11/19/6515d1e0-e7a1-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-used-a-...

selkin 1y ago

s/they’d let/would have let/ According to a recent interview[0], the president has an uncontrolled phone (maybe in addition to other, approved devices). [0] https://archive.ph/2025.05.07-050707/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/trump-second-term-comeback/682573/ https://archive.ph/2025.05.07-050707/https://www.theatlantic...

dymk 1y ago
they’d’ve
- GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
  maybe they'd've... or maybe... they'd'ven't?
  - codetrotter 1y ago
    whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es
mikestew 1y ago
From that linked article: “To this date, she doesn’t even know that I won the Presidency THREE times.” Holee-shit. Time to start keeping him away from microphones.
- Catagris 1y ago
  Have you not been paying attention? He has said this many times and has even floated running again after this.
- 542354234235 1y ago
  Literally an executive order. “[Christopher] Krebs, through CISA, falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen, including by inappropriately and categorically dismissing widespread election malfeasance and serious vulnerabilities with voting machines.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addr...

StackRanker3000 1y ago

Edit: sorry, I meant to post this in reply to selkin’s comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43927123 I believe this has been the case for him and all of his senior staff since the beginning of his first presidency See for example this from 2017: > Despite universal warnings from security experts in and out of government, Donald Trump is apparently continuing to use an insecure, off-the-shelf Android phone http://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congressman-calls-investigation-trump-refuses-give-his-android-phone http://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congressman-c... I remember reading news articles on the topic at the time, and finding it egregious how relatively little attention it got, compared to the massive and coordinated ”lock her up” campaign against Hillary Clinton

tcmart14 1y ago
Tons of hypocrisy that just no one cared about. Ivanka was doing government business on a personal email[1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-used-a-personal-email-account-to-send-hundreds-of-emails-about-government-business-last-year/2018/11/19/6515d1e0-e7a1-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ivanka-trump-used-a-...