President Trump uses a cell phone equipped w camera and microphone, which make him susceptible to hackers 1/several - politico.com/story/2018/05/…
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.
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.
Former Obama administration officials, including one who helped develop a specialized phone the fmr POTUS used, as well as other nat sec officials, are expressing concern about these practices - politico.com/story/2018/05/…
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 - politico.com/story/2018/05/…
Goes without saying, but while Obama was an email and text junkie, Trump likes to gab on the phone, which poses new and different risks that his WH is trying to grapple with 6/6 - politico.com/story/2018/05/…
