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BlackBerry now turns to BarackBerry

January 22, 2009

No.2 on a celebrity web site’s list of obsessive Blackberry users and selfconfessend Blackberry user/addict, President Barack Obama may now be surrendering his usual tech phone in lieu to security matters.

Pres. Obama was always with his mobile e-mail device during his election campaign. Obama says that having his phone allows him to stay in touch with the real world. Security officials say that e-mails may be one sort of hackable device. Emails has been treated byt he security officials for a long time and states that it’s in a matter of suspicion knowing that it can be easily hacked by external agencies. These e-mails may consists of sensitive information, of which can easily be distributed to the public if not totally taken cared of.

Histroy signifies this matter when former pres. George W. Bush was forced ti give up using e-mails upon his seat and when former pres. Bill Clinton only sent a mere 2 mails during his administration.

Mobile devices such as what Obama likes contains built-in GPS technology thatr can be easily hacked into and could reveal the president exact location.

The National Security Agency then approved dubbed-BarrackBerry US$3,350 smartphone for Obama’s personal use.

The exclusive Sectera Edge, made by General Dynamics, is capable of encrypting top secret voice conversations and handling classified documents.

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