Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers

Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by djaychela on Sunday January 01, 2017 @04:11AM (#13295189)

I think there's an element of truth to some of what he's said, but it's like a stopped clock telling the right time rather than a deep insight. I can't imagine that having messages couriered everywhere by hand will be a practical way for the US government to function unless this is part of his plan to get people back to work?

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Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by dingaling on Sunday January 01, 2017 @06:40AM (#13295466)

> I can't imagine that having messages couriered everywhere by hand will be a practical way...

I thought the same about large organisations until last week I saw a ward-sister with a transit envelope, one of those manila pockets on which you write the next destination and send it on through internal post.

Apparently they're still widely used within the UK National Health Service to send confidential paper records and other data-conveying objects.

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Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by happynewyear on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:51AM (#13295887)

He was communicating out of band to unknown parties that his communications are being monitored.

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Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by wfunction on Sunday January 01, 2017 @05:01AM (#13295284)

> it's like a stopped clock telling the right time rather than a deep insight

That's a really good analogy (I mean in general, not specifically referring to this situation)! I'm going to start using it.

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Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by grzm on Sunday January 01, 2017 @05:03AM (#13295288)

First time coming across it? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_stopped_clock_is_right_twic...

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Re:Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers by doctorshady on Sunday January 01, 2017 @05:19AM (#13295321)

I wonder if fax would be a good compromise between time and security. Encrypted fax standards exist. I guess the real question is how easy it'd be to shoehorn AES into the T.30 protocol.

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