How Obama's BlackBerry got secured (2023)

Cider9986 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>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 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So lets make pocket cell towers?

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sbseitz 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I miss when the gov't was run by professionals.

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vkdelta 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is current presidential iPhone getting secured?

	▲	sbseitz 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		it isn't and he uses his own most of the time.
	▲	wslh 20 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Lockdown mode? https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120
	▲	mrheosuper 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What the point? Security is only as strong as the weakest link, and we all know the weakest link is not the phone

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bediger4000 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is 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.

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wmf 18 hours ago | parent [-]

I think the NSA just isn't willing to take Trump's phone away.

	▲	bediger4000 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So, yes, only for Democrats