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How Obama's BlackBerry got secured (2023)
- vkdelta 3mo agoHow is current presidential iPhone getting secured?
- wslh 3mo agoLockdown mode? https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120 https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120
- sbseitz 3mo agoit isn't and he uses his own most of the time.
- mrheosuper 3mo agoWhat the point? Security is only as strong as the weakest link, and we all know the weakest link is not the phone
- bediger4000 3mo agoIs this only for Democrat presidents? It's well known that Trump used his personal phone, an "old android" well into his first term. There's conflicting reports out now, but one says he still uses his personal iPhone.
- wmf 3mo agoI think the NSA just isn't willing to take Trump's phone away.
- bediger4000 3mo agoSo, yes, only for Democrats
- Cider9986 3mo ago>One source says the presidential BlackBerry can only connect to a secure base station, which can be used to hide the IMEI-number of the device and thus prevent tracking it. So they ran into the problem facing regular people and decided to carry around around a private cell tower to fix it.
- noman-land 3mo agoSo lets make pocket cell towers?
- sbseitz 3mo agoI miss when the gov't was run by professionals.