China, Russia Are Listening To Trump's Phone Calls, Says NYT Report (thehill.com)

Rick Zeman writes: According to The New York Times, the Chinese are regularly listening to Donald Trump's cellphone calls (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source). While he has two NSA-hardened iPhones, and a secure landline, he insists on using a consumer-grade iPhone -- even while knowing he's being eavesdropped upon -- because it has his contact list on it. "White House officials say they can only hope he refrains from discussing classified information when he is on them," reports the New York Times. But, officials were also confident that "he was not spilling secrets because he rarely digs into the details of the intelligence he is shown and is not well versed in the operational specifics of military or covert activities"; in other words, security through ignorance. The article mentions the rationale is to be able to listen to his calls to find out what and whom influences him, and that the Russians also listen in, albeit with less frequency because of his unique relationship with Vladimir Putin.

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Govt Official using private, unsecure hardware?

[Anonymous Coward]

BUT HER EMAILS!!!

Like when

[mobby_6kl]

Trump calls Putin after finishing his KFC dinner to bitch about how everyone is mean to him?

Re:How do they know, cell tower drones flying arou

[ShanghaiBill]

TFA is based on the assumption that any consumer grade cell phone can be monitored at will by the Chinese and Russians.

So the NSA and FBI can't crack your calls, but the Chinese can. Sure. Whatever.

Also, even if everyone in the White House is too dumb to use auto-sync, how hard would it be to have an intern type Donald's contact list into a secure phone?

Re:Hillary's fault!

[Rick Zeman]

Does MAGA = My Attorney Got Arrested?

Russia Comedy Channel

[presidenteloco]

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