Comments on: Exactly what would a Presidential mobile look like?

By: Free Grant Kit

Free Grant Kit — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:35:44 +0000

Wow such a cool phone,lol,forget the president i want one also :D

By: Forget the Barackberry, what about the Obamacopter?

Forget the Barackberry, what about the Obamacopter? — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:29:01 +0000

[...] the world held its breath over the fate of President Obama’s beloved Blackberry (and we imagined a replacement), you could be forgiven for thinking that the primary crisis of his term had passed. Not so! No [...]

By: Congratulations, here’s your IBM model 60 | Mike Andrews

Congratulations, here’s your IBM model 60 | Mike Andrews — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:15:46 +0000

[...] http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/12/exactly-what-would-a-presidential-mobile-look-like/ [...]

By: Obama will sein BlackBerry nicht abgeben | Over Blogging

Obama will sein BlackBerry nicht abgeben | Over Blogging — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:00:16 +0000

[...] einmal sehen möchte, wie das BarrackBerry wohl aussehen könnte, der findet hier eine mögliche Version. Share and [...]

By: The president’s phone « Tending to >> east

The president’s phone « Tending to >> east — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:53:30 +0000

[...] 17, 2009 · No Comments Techcrunch has come out with a killer article on Obama’s [...]

By: Life@160 » Obama - History’s Greatest Wasted Marketing Opportunity

Life@160 » Obama - History’s Greatest Wasted Marketing Opportunity — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:22:47 +0000

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By: Brody Jenner

Brody Jenner — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:55:17 +0000

I agree with the 2 phones. a BroPhone, and the HoPhone.

By: BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 1/12/09 | BB Geeks

BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 1/12/09 | BB Geeks — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:33:00 +0000

[...] we heard that he’s going to fight to keep the device. This caused the folks at CrunchGear to imagine a Presidential smartphone. It’s a pretty powerful device, needless to say. Sadly, though, we also learned that the [...]

By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Devices - January 15, 2009

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:43:04 +0000

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By: Breaking down the Obama BlackBerry (ObamaBerry?) at SmartPhoneCool.com

Breaking down the Obama BlackBerry (ObamaBerry?) at SmartPhoneCool.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:02:05 +0000

[...] |via CrunchGear| [...]

By: PW

PW — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:49:06 +0000

Oh, and VaporStream — I really hope you’re not a shill and just some random dude, “Jay Lewis”, because if you’re a shill, OH MY GOD is your company out of it’s depth here. You are completely off the mark, which is to say, you’re nowhere close to even knowing what this “problem” is much less solving it.

By: PW

PW — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:46:57 +0000

Okay, almost nobody here knows what they’re talking about (and this piece is pretty weak to start with). As for government effort and development regarding RIM, just that has been going on for years now. There’s more to come. Everyone relax and ease up on the uninformed rumination.

By: Jay Lewis

Jay Lewis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:16:21 +0000

VaporStream, A Chicago-based technology company focused on confidential messaging and corporate confidentiality, appears to have already solved this problem.

They offer a free 90 day trial on their website:

https://www.vaporstream.com/

By: Breaking down the Obama BlackBerry (ObamaBerry?) | BlackBerry Cool

Breaking down the Obama BlackBerry (ObamaBerry?) | BlackBerry Cool — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:22 +0000

[...] |via CrunchGear| [...]

By: JohnB

JohnB — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:44:48 +0000

Um. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

“Records” in governmentese is a very overdefined term, and I would reccommend looking into the legislation and regulations to get what *THEY* mean by it. It’s probably (almost certainly) not what you think it means.

By: Paul Ingersole

Paul Ingersole — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:06:45 +0000

I agree the article assumes a lot and assuming does make an ass.out .of .you.and .me.

I would imagine that the security aspect has been taken care of and speculating that Osama can tap in to Obama’s calls whilst sitting next to a Llama and pretending to be a farmer is a little bit of a stretch.
I do seriously love this website though.

Paul

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:31:12 +0000

Not a great article, where’s the research? The Fed gov’t AND Military already use blackberries, so where is this whole “military grade VPN” network thing you’re talking about? What are you talking about?

By: prodridiot

prodridiot — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:21:56 +0000

No attempt to use some kind of “secure network” will be able to stop someone who is determined to see the data coming from this device. However, it is possible to achieve a level of personal anonymity by encrypting ALL non-sensitive data using a different time-sensitive public key every week (or every few days, even), and then leave the distribution of those public keys to the people who might be emailed up to the secret service. As for sensitive transmissions made, since these who might receive sensitive transmissions will be known beforehand, one-time pads could be given to these individuals and then protected as if they were any other kind of sensitive information these individuals need to have access to at all times. In this fashion, the President will actually be leading the rest of the nation towards better practices in email (what a crazy idea).

By: Obama and his Blackberry

Obama and his Blackberry — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:52:34 +0000

[...] bit. But as usual for the President(-elect), there are major security risks to consider, etc. etc. This article from Crunchgear ever-so-nicely states the major factors that Obama’s Blackberry would need to have if [...]

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:10 +0000

CNet Article on the secuirty challenges of BlackBerry and 2 alterntives that meet security requirements:

“Without more details I would have to say that putting sensitive or classified information on a BlackBerry is a risky proposition,” said Greg Shipley, chief technology officer at Neohapsis, a governance, risk, and compliance consultancy. ”

“One thing that security experts can agree on is that despite RIM’s efforts, a BlackBerry probably isn’t up to the security standards for a leader of the free (or even unfree) world. ”

“The U.S. government uses special ciphers for secret information and they use different data networks from the public data networks, said Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive of encryption provider PGP Corp. “Unless you’re using point-to-point encryption technology…or the mail itself is encrypted, you would have exposure to people administering the network.”

Link here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10141398-38.html