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White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban For Staff (bloomberg.com)

The White House is considering banning its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work. While President Trump has been vocal about press leaks since taking office, one official said the potential change is driven by cybersecurity concerns. Bloomberg reports: One official said that there are too many devices connected to the campus wireless network and that personal phones aren't as secure as those issued by the federal government. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly -- whose personal phone was found to be compromised by hackers earlier this year -- is leading the push for a ban, another official said. The White House already takes precautions with personal wireless devices, including by requiring officials to leave phones in cubbies outside of meeting rooms where sensitive or classified information is discussed. Top officials haven't yet decided whether or when to impose the ban, and if it would apply to all staff in the executive office of the president. While some lower-level officials support a ban, others worry it could result in a series of disruptive unintended consequences.

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  1. Jihad is a duty of all Muslims. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is written so in the Quran.

  2. Re:Pedophila is a duty of all Christians. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is written so in the Alabama bible.

    Behold the virtue-signalling racism of the Deludicus Progtardicus, an anencephalic near-primate that mimics the appearance of an intelligent human being (as long as you overlook the constant drooling). This species believes for some strange reason that it can be a racist prick to Caucasian humans, especially if those humans are heterosexual residents of the United States.

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    Some observations of the Progtardicus indicate the species suffers a serious loss of its already limited intelligence after it takes a dump. Large dumps from a Progtardicus have been observed to require immediate life-sustaining actions (always paid for by other people's money) as the severe loss of brain processing causes the autonomic nervous system of the Progtardicus specimen to shut down to the point breathing becomes impossible. Some believe that such support measures are not needed, as the oxygen requirements of the Progtardicus enfeebled brain with almost all of its excremental substance evacuated is minimal.

    Yes, folks, your standard shit-for-brains progtard finds it impossible to shit and breathe at the same time.