Is Obama’s Blackberry Secure?

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by eastsidegringo • 18 years ago

2 1 18 years ago

Because of security threats Obama’s Blackberry may be in peril. He told CNBC, “They’re going to pry it out of my hands.” Though it looks like he may not have to . . .

smoody• 18 years ago

call me paranoid, but twice while using a blackberry to send mail, i had experiences that sort-of freaked me out:

1. i sent an email to a friend with a single obscure-ish word ("pearly") in the subject line. later that day, i received a spam message with the subject line "re: pearly").

2. a few weeks later, i sent out an email about a new volkswagen i bought (sent it to a different friend). i started receiving spam that mentioned volkswagen cars in the subject lines a few days later.

i was sending email out via smtp and not through an exchange server and there are, of course, a lot of people in the smtp chain who could be responsible, but it never happened when i sent email from my notebook nor has it happened since i got rid of my blackberry.

it could be coincidence, of course.

Is Obama’s Blackberry Secure?

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