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Trump Trades in Android Phone For Secret Service-Approved Device (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the secret-service-approved dept.

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.

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  1. Re: If they're smart... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    the grapes are soar, eh hombre :)

  2. Reasonable and boring. by jellomizer · · Score: 0, Troll

    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?

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    If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
    1. Re:Reasonable and boring. by Eyezen · · Score: 1, Troll

      I really tire of hearing he got elected without the popular vote. Why? Because it's absolutely meaningless and the only thing the left keeps hanging there hat on.

      The rules of the game are to win the most electoral votes, the end. Harping on the popular vote is like a losing football team harping on the fact that they had more yards total offense or a higher TOP (time of possession). Doesn't matter-the rules say the team with the most points wins. If the rules say gain the most yards, the strategy of the teams would totally change.

      BUT BUT the people's votes should matter...If the rules of the US Presidential election say gather the most votes, then ENTIRE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES CHANGE COMPLETELY. Who know's what would of happened then. Noone can say for sure. But I can tell you this, the popular vote total is not the same by any means. Maybe Hillary wins with a bigger margin, who knows...but for this vote we'll never know.

      But as it stands the popular vote is just a meaningless statistic, yes most of the time the team with the most total yards and greater TOP wins the game, but not always and not this year. Hillary was a stat padding fantasy (pun intended) football player and meainwhile Trump won the Lombardi Trophy.

  3. Re:If they're smart... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Incidentally, if he's so stupid, how come Hillary isn't being inaugurated today?

    Because the Americans that mattered are more interested in a reality TV celebrity than a boring public servant.

    Do you follow him on Twitter? The man is an idiot.

  4. Re:If they're smart... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    because most of Americans are stupid? they like voting for their own kind. case in point: GWB

  5. Re: If they're smart... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    Trump needs a real phone to call russian prostitutes and golden-shower them.

    Sorry, Snowflake. This was yet another bogus Fake News story. Completely fabricated. And you fell for it.

    Thanks for playing.

  6. Re: If they're smart... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's QUITE obvious Trump HAS been with prostitutes since marrying his imported whore wife, let's be honest. Oh right, you're a 2017 Republican.

    Let's be plausible. Trump is a scumbag and you're his pet. Did he pay to get pissed on? Who knows.

    What we do know is Putin holds that fraud's leash.