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Monday, January 12, 2009

Obama's Blackberry (again)

obama-bb Given Barack Obama's recent comment that he's "still clinging to [his] BlackBerry and "they’re going to pry it out of [his] hands," I guess we have not yet heard the final word on Presidential thumb-typing. 

Using a Blackberry in the Oval Office should not be an insurmountable problem.  If he can make phone calls, send written letters, write memos, and have meetings, the IT and security people should be able to accommodate Blackberry use. 

My recommendations would be:

  1. Switch him to a Windows Mobile for encrypted messages through the secure White House server
  2. Use biometric authentication
  3. Avoid email addresses such as bobama@whitehouse.gov
  4. Make him use a screen lock, so he doesn't pocket-dial the red phone to the Kremlin
  5. Check nuclear war codes to ensure they don't contain the sequences ROTFWL, BTW, IMHO, etc.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG hilarious, kal, hilarious!! or should i type ROTFL?

happy new year to you and yours!

keith (from the GTD list)

Kalnel said...

Happy New Year to you, too, Keith! (Or HapE NY 2U2?)

kal