Here we go again…
Politico is out with a hit piece on President Donald Trump’s use of iPhones for calls and tweets titled, “‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security.” The piece accuses the president of keeping features on the phones “at risk for hacking” and that he’s “resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.”
From Eliana Johnson, Politico. It’s the camera and mic they’re freaked about;
President Trump uses a cell phone equipped w camera and microphone, which make him susceptible to hackers 1/several – https://t.co/VzJ0qzUVuH
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) May 21, 2018
And the camera and mic are only on one of the two phones:
POTUS carries at least two iPhones, one that can only make calls, one that is equipped only w the Twitter app and a few pre-loaded news sites. The former has a camera and mic on it. The latter does not. 2/ several.
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) May 21, 2018
The phone for calls — the one Politco is worried about — is swapped out frequently but the Twitter phone is allegedly not:
While President Obama handed over his phone every 30 days to security officials to have it checked for suspicious activity, POTUS has resisted doing that w his Twitter phone. He’s gone as long as 5 mos w/o doing so, per WH official.
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) May 21, 2018
But is this a big deal? Probably not, as the article does mention as the Twitter phone is still pretty damn secure:
A senior White House official said POTUS’ Twitter phone is so secure it doesn’t need to be checked for suspicious activity/swapped out regularly and that both POTUS phones are more secure than any phone Obama used b/c software has advamced – https://t.co/VzJ0qzUVuH
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) May 21, 2018
So to sum things up: Trump swaps out the phone that’s at a slight risk for hacking — the one for calls with a camera and mic — all the time. So this isn’t even a concern. And the one he tweets on is more advanced than any phone Obama used, so that one’s safe, too. But instead of these facts, we get the blue-check mob and the MSM trying to equate these phones to Hillary Clinton’s home-brew email server and her mishandling of confidential information:
Trump say he's sticking w/ a potentially hackable iPhone because it is "too inconvenient" to change — same exact argument "Lock her up" Hillary Clinton used to justify using a private email server.
per @elianayjohnson @dlippman @ewstephe https://t.co/1eV27gDfeA
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 21, 2018
Am I wrong that there's, like, a 100% chance the phone has been hacked? https://t.co/TMPn0g1gcu
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 21, 2018
Hillary Clinton said she used one device that had both her private and State email on one unsecured server out of convenience. Donald Trump uses two devices interchangeably, and they’re both unsecured, frightening experts – via @elianayjohnson https://t.co/AbHl617yzo
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 22, 2018
Here's the President allowing adversaries to listen into his calls because he can't be bothered to protect the nation's secrets.
Can anyone make a real argument for why this isn't a bigger deal than Hillary's emails?
(You can't)https://t.co/3ROrkkrUsF— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 21, 2018
Analysis: Trump warned of "great danger" posed by Clinton’s emails. But he eschews security procedures for his own phone. https://t.co/zmOf3qenBv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 22, 2018
What a bunch of lying hacks.
Update: The White House pushes back:
White House pushes back on report that Pres. Trump's cell phones are not secure.
“The White House is confident in the security protocols in place for the President’s use of communications devices," senior White House official tells @ABC. https://t.co/uPR11u2vIr pic.twitter.com/WXTtmV9tTw
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 22, 2018
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