Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers
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Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers
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#2>Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite his frequent tweeting..
If 2016 taught us anything, this is a reasonable infosec strategy - Although I assume, when he becomes President there is some high powered govt. agency that can do it securely if he uses whatever protocols they suggest.
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#3I 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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#4I mean, he is not wrong about every computer being potentially vulnerable...
Then again, so is a commercial courier.
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#5Robert Morris Sr said basically the same thing: "The three golden rules to ensure computer security are: do not own a computer; do not power it on; and do not use it."
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#6"Earlier in the day, Trump ditched his press pool, traveling to play golf at one of his clubs without a pool of journalists on hand to ensure the public has knowledge of his whereabouts."
It's a little bit off-topic, but I can't help but feel like this sentence contradicts itself.
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#7He rarely uses email. Fuck me. And this guy is a US president. In 2017. God bless America.
Re: Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers
#8>Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite his frequent tweeting.. If 2016 taught us anything, this is a reasonable infosec strategy - Although I assume, when he becomes President there is some high powered govt. agency that can do it securely if he uses whatever protocols they suggest.
I don't know if using Twitter on a smartphone is a reasonable infosec strategy. More than a few Twitter accounts have been hacked or taken over with social engineering. And he's using a Samsung Android smartphone, so you don't know how up-to-date he is with security patches.
But then again, according to Trump himself: “I know a lot about hacking." And he also knows “things that other people don’t know. And so they cannot be sure of the situation.” The man could be a brilliant hacker for all I know.
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#9America has become ridiculous.
The headline is absurd. The article is absurd. Everything about this is absurd.
Re: Trump expresses doubts about security of all computers
#10>Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite his frequent tweeting.. If 2016 taught us anything, this is a reasonable infosec strategy - Although I assume, when he becomes President there is some high powered govt. agency that can do it securely if he uses whatever protocols they suggest.
>>Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite his frequent tweeting..
>If 2016 taught us anything, this is a reasonable infosec strategy - Although I assume, when he becomes President there is some high powered govt. agency that can do it securely if he uses whatever protocols they suggest.
I do wonder about problems even with Twitter. If the current @POTUS account announced a nuclear attack had just been launched I think most people would assume the account was hacked because it doesn't have a pattern of being used used for information like that. But with Trump it doesn't seem completely impossible that Trump might actually tweet out some information he had just learned or decided, no matter what it is.
Imagine the worldwide chaos you could cause by hacking Trump's twitter Saturday night at 3AM and announcing a nuclear strike to or from someone!