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Trump Trades in Android Phone For Secret Service-Approved Device (cnet.com)
Who's got two thumbs and a Secret Service-approved phone to tweet from? On arriving in Washington on Thursday ahead of his inauguration, Donald Trump has handed in his Android device in exchange for an unidentified locked-down phone, according to Associated Press. From a report: The phone comes with a new number that is known only to a limited number of people. This marks a big change for Trump, who's frequently on the line with friends, business contacts, reporters, foreign leaders and politicians. Barack Obama was the first president to use a mobile device approved by security agencies because of hacking concerns. Initially he had a heavily modified BlackBerry and later switched to another phone that had most features totally disabled. He was not known to use it for making or receiving calls, but it was one of few devices that had access to the @POTUS Twitter account.
If they're smart it will have been a toy phone. He can beep-boop-beep on it to his heart's content. Bonus points if pressing the buttons makes a pleasant sound each time.
I guess someone will have to program Putin's number in it for him.
now you can better investigate into allegations about russian involvement in Trump's election.
Did they take tweeter off it?
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
The safest thing to do is give him a phone with no sim card, set the shortcut for twitter to open notepad, and let him tweet til his heart is content in that local text file.
Careful, Trump! It's a Tricky Trap!
tell me the phone somehow has Twitter blocked entirely.
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
We need to know, so we can distinguish genuine Donald twitterstorms from canned PR.
Lets face it, the President of the United States is the world's biggest target, Tump with getting elected without the popular vote + stating negative comments towards nearly anyone who didn't fully indorse him (people, corporations and countries) + have a reputation as a a bully and in general everything wrong with America. Really reinforces the fact he is a target. His off the shelf Android Phone, probably could be (Probably already had been) hacked from the resources of all the groups that hate him. Having a locked down and reduced functionality device makes the only sense. Would you really expect anything else?
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Since he said that he doesn't believe the intelligence services I wouldn't be surprised if it blows up. An exhaustive investigation will show that the Russians were to blame!
I hope they're also giving him a locked-down version of the nuclear football.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I am personally glad our new president wasn't part of the iSheep sect.
Why believe the intelligence agencies now? -is this another vector for "leaks" and "very dishonest reporting" + "fake news"?
I'd say more but Trump is doing very well in digging himself into a hole without needed a shove.
A 'singular oddity' is an event that cannot be explained and only happens when you are alone.
I use both iPhone & Samsung. If Apple doesn't give info to authorities on the terrorists I'll only be using Samsung until they give info.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2016
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He was not known to use it for making or receiving calls, but it was one of few devices that had access to the @POTUS Twitter account.
And really, that's the most important part for Trump.
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
Not really news. On Running Wild with Bear Grylls: President Edition, they mentioned that Obama had one of these locked down phones for security purposes. Things like location details are disabled, etc., so that the details of his whereabouts are not digitally known (or at least not known by the phone, and thus, by extension, the company that made that phone).
It comes as no surprise that Trump would have to do the same for the sake of his security.
Tell me they replaced it with a Samsung Note 7.
should be been Bernie Sanders!
Going from the first black president to the first black hearted president.
It would be better if Trump just tweeted by sending text messages to his staff, who can then post it. That would also add an extra level of protection against making a fool of himself.
the idiot will soon tweet his new number and brag about it being secure.
Also contains a custom version of Twitter that allows Putin to review and approve his tweets.
there's no place like ~
Is that why Hillary got the popular vote?
Especially in California?
I would agree with most of California is idiots.
lol
I thought only people who couldn't afford to use iPhone purchase Android.
Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
> If he gets our soldiers killed or sells us out, it's because SHE'S sleazy scumbag.
FTFY
Trump wouldn't have been elected if the Dems hadn't nominated Cruella de Vil.
So, if he is whacked today before taking office (and Obama appoints the next President, as CNN helpfully advised us will happen), you'll be relieved and think — perhaps even state — the murderer has done all of a us a favor?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
I can understand why the Secret Service might be the ones who actually break the bad news and hand over the handset; but does anyone know if they actually have any role in 'approving' it; or do they just provide whatever the Information Assurance Directorate tells them is the correct answer?
Even aside from their recent history of embarrassing scandal, you don't really think of them as one of the techie outfits.
I'm assuming it's either a BlackBerry or some Android... anyone have an idea?
Certainly smarter than Obama
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Following the advice of the Secret Service? Already more qualified than Hillary.
It's sort of ironic that you call Trump a xenophobe while the entire Democrat and press establishment go on a witchhunt for foreigners that makes Mccarthyism look like Mr. Rogers.
I'm curious what the sky looks like in the Bizarro World that republicans appear to inhabit where they actually believe this sort of crap. Tribalism at its finest people...
Trump's xenophobic actions and statements stand on their own. If you don't recognize him for the reprehensible human being he is then I'm not sure what I can do to help you. The best arguments against Donald Trump come right out of his own unfiltered mouth. He's on the record endorsing torture, denigrating women, opposing reproductive rights, calling for mass deportations,endorsing trade wars, cutting taxes on the richest but not the poor, removing health care from millions without a plan to replace it, supporting religious bigotry, and a whole lot more.
She's a traitor, a habitual liar, incompetent, self-serving, and saggy-boobs deep in pay-for-play.
"Traitor"? Seriously? Can I have some of what you are smoking? And claiming that Clinton is less of a self serving liar than Trump is just idiotic.
Think on that. We elected an IDIOT because he's better than the alternative. If he gets our soldiers killed or sells us out, it'll be because he's dumb and incompetent, not because he's sleazy and malicious.
Trump is dumb and incompetent AND sleazy and malicious. It's not either/or. The man collects vendettas like a teenager collects Pokemon cards. Whatever you imagine Clinton's faults to be, Trump has matched or exceeded each and every one of them. Trump is a reprehensible, cruel, ignorant, narcissist, whose only real talent is self promotion.
At least with him, there's a chance.
If you actually believe that then you are dumber than you claim Trump is.
Yes...yes he is. And his opponent wasn't a boring public servant. She's a traitor, a habitual liar, incompetent, self-serving, and saggy-boobs deep in pay-for-play.
Think on that. We elected an IDIOT because he's better than the alternative. If he gets our soldiers killed or sells us out, it'll be because he's dumb and incompetent, not because he's sleazy and malicious.
I absolutely agree with you. Just because Trump is sleazy and malicious doesn't mean it will be the reason he gets our soldiers killed, or sells out. That part will definitely be a direct result of him being dumb and incompetent.
He's a con-artist that got rich by screwing over the little guy, who he now claims he's standing up for.
And you fucking fell for it.
Fuck you.
At least with him, there's a chance.
There's a very good chance we'll all be speaking Chinese or Russian in another four years.
Obama had me bomb 5 sovereign nations. The Iraqis shot at me several times before we invaded in 2003, so count that at two for Bush.
You forget who wrote the code.
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why no one has commented about this: http://metro.co.uk/video/donal...
Is Trump trying to tell us something about his hotels? Does he have a bunch of video of politicians, heads of state, and CEOs doing things they'd rather not have become public knowledge?
That is the first time I have seen her compared to me. It is a surprisingly apt comparison.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
The President is at the White House!
Terrorists know where he lives!
Who leaked this vital national security information!
If I would have known he had an Android phone, I wouldn't have voted for him. But since he is getting rid of it, maybe he's not so bad.
Because voters are stupid. Trump knows how to play suckers. A million trade wars won't bring back old-style manufacturing jobs. It's educate or perish. He sold them snake-oil-nostalgia.
Table-ized A.I.