Trump Using His Unsecured Android May Be Worse Than Hillary’s Email Server

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Trump Using His Unsecured Android May Be Worse Than Hillary’s Email Server
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Posted at 10:33 am on January 27, 2017 by Jay Caruso


It has been revealed that Donald Trump is still using his old, consumer based Android phone, that from photos, people have said, is likely a Samsung Galaxy S3. It’s a device from 2012 that has not seen a software update since 2015. For somebody that lambasted Hillary Clinton on a daily basis about an unsecured email server, Donald Trump is showing a gross amount of hypocrisy.

The President of the United States should not be using a device that can touch an unsecured network. It’s that simple. Any exposure to unsecured networks brings the risk of hacking. Security expert Bruce Schneier said the following:

I’m not concerned about the data. Anything he reads on that screen is coming from the insecure network that we all use, and any e-mails, texts, Tweets, and whatever are going out to that same network. But this is a consumer device, and it’s going to have security vulnerabilities. He’s at risk from everybody, ranging from lone hackers to the better-funded intelligence agencies of the world. And while the risk of a forged e-mail is real — it could easily move the stock market — the bigger risk is eavesdropping. That Android has a microphone, which means that it can be turned into a room bug without anyone’s knowledge. That’s my real fear.

The microphone. The camera. The GPS. It’s all at risk.

Then, of course, there is Twitter. It’s not impossible for somebody to gain access to his phone and tweet something outrageous, causing global turmoil until his national security team contacts everybody around the globe and says, “Never mind!”

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http://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/01/27/trump-using-unsecured-android-worse-hillarys-email-server/

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  He has already been assigned a secure device, but apparently he can't twitter from that one, so he keeps old faithful going, Shirley, the SS has upgraded this one too, right?
@txradioguy

[txradioguy]

  He has already been assigned a secure device, but apparently he can't twitter from that one, so he keeps old faithful going, Shirley, the SS has upgraded this one too, right?
@txradioguy

Not if he's keeping it hidden from them.  Honestly if they don't secure it...it should be locked away until he's done in the WH.

[NavyCanDo]

Does anyone remember 8-years ago when the question was if President Obama was able to keep using his iPhone and  his Blackberry?   I think I remember we were debating the risk of allowing him to do that right here on TBR.

  Now we have a President who wants to continue to use not just a Blackberry or Cell Phone, but also a Twitter Account.  Is the debate over the legality and risk done with just because it's Trump?

If you remember Obama was not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone, but was aloud to continue to use his BlackBerry.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28780205/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/obama-gets-keep-his-blackberry/

[txradioguy]

Does anyone remember 8-years ago when the question was if President Obama was able to keep using his iPhone and  his Blackberry?   I think I remember we were debating the risk of allowing him to do that right here on TBR.

  Now we have a President who wants to continue to use not just a Blackberry or Cell Phone, but also a Twitter Account.  Is the debate over the legality and risk done with just because it's Trump?

If you remember Obama was not allowed for security reasons to have an iPhone, but was aloud to continue to use his BlackBerry.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28780205/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/obama-gets-keep-his-blackberry/

There are people here thinking he needs to keep it....they don't realize what a security risk it really is.

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Not if he's keeping it hidden from them.  Honestly if they don't secure it...it should be locked away until he's done in the WH.

When is President Trump going to realize the seriousness of this topic? IMO, he's President 24/7/365, he's conducting business with every waking moment. This IMO ranks right up there with Hillary's private server.

[txradioguy]

When is President Trump going to realize the seriousness of this topic? IMO, he's President 24/7/365, he's conducting business with every waking moment. This IMO ranks right up there with Hillary's private server.

He won't...and the ones cheering him on don't care.

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Can we at least replace his Twitter app with notepad?

[Night Hides Not]

He won't...and the ones cheering him on don't care.

And they're walking into a case for impeachment.

He's got the bully pulpit, which is far more powerful than a method of communication limited to 140 characters.