All the rumors regarding President Obama’s mobile device can finally be put to rest. It had been previously speculated that as part of an agreement for the President to continue the use of his BlackBerry that he would have to upgrade his BlackBerry to a device that offered more security protection.
It was rumored that the device he was going to use was the Sectera Edge made by General Dynamics. The Sectera Edge, certified by the NSA as a secure mobile phone, offers both Type 1 and Non-Type 1 encryption methods, including Suite B algorithms at an extremely high cost. The base models for the Sectera Edge start at around $2,650. Pricey.
But all that doesn’t matter now. Photos as recent as January 30th show the President holding a smartphone with a silver-grey casing, which is a BlackBerry and not the Sectera Edge. With that being the case, how secure can your data really be when it’s sent through Canada?
You can bet that’s one phone the bad guys are targeting.
- John and Mike
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