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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 20, 2009 - 06:58am PT
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From the Irish Independent
Obama loves his BlackBerry - but can he keep it?
Barack's love of technology is proving a headache for the Secret Service
By Crayton Harrison
Monday January 19 2009
BARACK Obama’s unpaid endorsement of the BlackBerry has provided maker Research In Motion Ltd. with a marketing boost its competitors can only dream of. Now, if the company is lucky, he will stop using it.
Obama has lobbied to keep the device over the concerns of the Secret Service. While a presidential BlackBerry would enhance the maker’s image, its encryption would be a target for spies, putting its “sterling” reputation for confidentiality at risk, analyst Roger Entner said.
“The moment it becomes known that Barack Obama uses his BlackBerry, you know that a significant share of Russia’s signal intelligence and China’s signal intelligence and cyber intelligence budgets will be targeted to break it,” said Entner, an analyst with market researcher Nielsen Co. in Boston.
I love the part where his BlackBerry will be targeted by the Ruskies and those Chinese.
For the rest of the story here is the link
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/obama-loves-his-blackberry--but-can-he-keep-it-1606883.html
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jan 20, 2009 - 10:22am PT
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How do we apply for the job where we get to tell Obama what he is allowed to do?
Is that job appointed, elected, or conquered and can you be fired?
What things can the president be told to do and what does he get to decide?
Peace
Karl
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mdavid
Big Wall climber
CA, CO, TX
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Jan 20, 2009 - 10:40am PT
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The Russians and Chinese have very advanced hacking capabilities, managed by governments and organized crime within those countries; It's not a stretch at all, online banks and financial systems are attacked by those countries/groups constantly.
Course if RIM hasn't created a model with significantly different encryption and communications protocols I'd be pretty surprised....moreso if they admitted and communicated it to the news...
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 20, 2009 - 10:57am PT
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I can see it know... The spies are all busy:
Spy #1 - Hey Leonoid, what you think this "Luv U 2. Steak 4 dinner sounds great, hun" means?
Spy #2 - I don't know, but we better get it found out, commrade. Hey, what day is it? I have a dentist appointment coming up.
Spy #1 - I think it is March 14, Leonoid. Back to work! We must decipher code!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 20, 2009 - 11:36am PT
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How else can we Canadians keep track of what he's up to, if he doesn't use the 'special' Blackberry we gave him?
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2009 - 03:38am PT
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Mdavid, I have no doubt that those pesky commies would not seek to hack Obama's BlackBerry. Of course they would. They could find out what color of knickers Michelle is wearing.
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