{"id":20511,"date":"2017-01-27T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T09:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2017-01-27T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T10:07:23","slug":"why-president-trump-using-an-unsecured-android-would-be-a-very-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/why-president-trump-using-an-unsecured-android-would-be-a-very-bad-idea.html","title":{"rendered":"Why President Trump using an unsecured Android would be a very bad idea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why President Trump using an unsecured Android would be a very bad idea<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Why President Trump using an unsecured Android would be a very bad idea:-<\/strong> The president of the United States is protected by a cavalcade of secret service agents at all times, uses a secure landline in the Oval Office and rides around in a limo that can survive a chemical attack. But it seems like Trump is skimping on security where it might matter most: his smartphone.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a report by The New York Times, Trump is still using an unsecured Android smartphone, rather than the kind of secure device President Barack Obama begrudgingly used after giving up his locked-down BlackBerry last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why does it matter that Trump might be using an unsecured smartphone? Because gaining access to the president\u2019s handset could give attackers a means to view anything he has saved on the device. Heck, hackers could enable the phone\u2019s microphone without anyone ever knowing, giving them the ability to listen in on private conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNearly all smartphones have location services as well as microphones,\u201d explained security researcher and journalist Ashkan Soltani. \u201cAn attacker could use this device to track the president\u2019s movements, even if it were not his primary phone, or hot-mic [remotely enable the phone\u2019s microphone] to monitor his private conversations \u2014 another matter of national security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth pointing out that Trump\u2019s Twitter account, which he might access through his phone, has changed the direction of stocks in just 140 characters. If someone gained access to that account, they could send the stock market into free fall or cause a national panic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in a time when policy decisions and reactions happen in an instant,\u201d Soltani said. \u201cWere a foreign actor to hack his device, or otherwise get a hold of that account and tweet something at another nation state, that could inadvertently cause a diplomatic crisis or even a war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To be sure, it\u2019s not clear that Trump is the person using this unsecured phone or if he has a staffer use it. It\u2019s also unclear if the phone does anything beyond simply allow for Twitter access, or if it\u2019s a fully functional phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Either way, the security of the president\u2019s smartphone is incredibly important. When Obama traded in his BlackBerry, the smartphone he received from his security experts was essentially a tiny black brick.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obama said his phone couldn\u2019t do basic things like send text messages, take pictures or even play music. But as far as we know it was secure enough to prevent a hacker from attacking it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly, as AndroidCentral points out, The New York Times\u2019 report seems to contradict a previous Times article, which stated that Trump did in fact turn in his old Android phone for a secure device provided by the Secret Service.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to the White House for comment and will update our piece when we receive a response.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tech\/trump-using-unsecured-android-smartphone-report-221142203.html<\/span><\/div>\n

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