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A comment on Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to happen, lawmakers say.

Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by everdev on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:16PM (#16933734)
Agreed, but didn't Obama use his famously during his presidency?
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Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by gizmo385 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:23PM (#16933792)
I think it's quite the opposite. He (reportedly [1]) didn't have a smartphone until 2016, and it was pretty locked down.

[1] http://fortune.com/2016/06/10/president-obamas-new-smartphon...

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Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by everdev on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:34PM (#16933884)
I remember when he got elected in 08 he didn't want to give up his "Crackberry"
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Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by asdsa5325 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:57PM (#16934051)
They made sure his blackberry was secure. There was no security problems with him using it.
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Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by skj on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:28PM (#16933845)
He had a blackberry.
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Re:Trump’s cell phone use is security “nightmare” waiting to... by lasdfas on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:22PM (#16933791)
This is called whataboutism. If you are correct, it was wrong in both cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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