Article 2ACNK Trump's 'old, unsecured Android phone' poses major security threat, experts say

Trump's 'old, unsecured Android phone' poses major security threat, experts say

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Olivia Solon
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2ACNK)

President probably owns a 2012 Samsung Galaxy S3, which no longer receives software updates, leaving Trump vulnerable to hackers and nation-state actors

Donald Trump is a big fan of the phones in the White House. "These are the most beautiful phones I've ever used in my life," he told the New York Times in an interview this week. It's not their aesthetics he's drawn to, but the security built into the system that ensures no one is tapping his calls.

Unfortunately the president's love for security doesn't seem to extend to his smartphone, revealed in the same interview to be an "old, unsecured Android phone", which he carries around the White House "to the protests of some of his aides". This contradicts previous reports suggesting Trump traded his handset for a "secure, encrypted device approved by the Secret Service".

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