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Solving Obama's BlackBerry Dilemma

Posted by kdawson on from the first-personal-communicator dept.

CurtMonash writes "Much is being made of the deliberations as to whether President Obama will be able to keep using his beloved "BarackBerry." As the NYTimes details, there are two major sets of objections: infosecurity and legal/records retention. Deven Coldeway of CrunchGear does a good job of showing that the technological infosecurity problems can be solved. And as I've noted elsewhere, the 'Omigod, he left his Blackberry behind at dinner' issue is absurd. Presidents are surrounded by attendants, Secret Service and otherwise. Somebody just has to be given the job of keeping track of the president's personal communication device. As for the legal question of whether the president can afford to put things in writing that will likely be exposed by courts and archivists later — the answer to that surely depends on the subject matter or recipient. Email to his Chicago friends — why not? Anything he'd write to them would be necessarily non-secret anyway. Email to the Secretary of Defense? That might be a different matter."

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  1. SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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         Solving Obama's goatse dilemma

  2. i just got off the toilet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i shit out an obama

  3. Re:the answer is obvious. by garett_spencley · · Score: -1, Troll

    "This wasn't news when Bush was in office and he used a cell phone and a PDA too."

    That is simply not true.

    Everyone knows that Bush was incapable of operating a cellphone and a PDA. You insensitive clod!

  4. Re:research in motion by gandhi_2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    The best part is the withdrawal deal was signed months before Obama takes office, and you will collectively remember that Obama did it.

    On a related note, Obama single-handedly:

    • beat the nazis
    • cured polio
    • is the PROFFIT!!1!
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    THL phish sticks
  5. Re:Who Cares? by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 1, Troll

    this is right up there with the Zune or iPod question - who the hell cares..... in fact I can't believe I wasted the internet bandwidth to respond to this topic, my bad....

  6. Re:research in motion by baldass_newbie · · Score: 0, Troll

    As if they'd never recoup that in the copious amount of free adverts they've already received?

    Well it is the Blackberry and not the Whiteberry.

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    The opposite of progress is congress
  7. Re:research in motion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The interesting thing about Obama is that he will be president for only four years, but he'll be a nigger all his life.