Engadget is running an interesting article about Obama and his Blackberry or smartphone and what might be going on. The gist of the story is this: Obama loves his Blackberry but the security folks in the Secret Service and at the NSA say it is not secure. Now we learn that Obama’s Blackberry might be getting some special software for encryption, or he might be getting an NSA approved device.
During my short stint working on a project at White Sands, some individuals had phone that had been “modified” to allow them to be used for sensitive discussions. I always wondered if this was a) a lie to give the new guy (me) some grief, b) an actual chip or, c) a software upgrade. It will be interesting to see if there is a simple software upgrade that can be performed to a phone to make it NSA approved.
