Security News > 2017 > January > Security Risks of the President's Android Phone (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-26 13:06
Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. 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....
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/01/security_risks_13.html
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