Obama remains true to BlackBerry for "security reasons" - ITespresso.es

Although the amount of low BlackBery users from quarter to quarter, the Canadian manufacturer can still boast of the quality of some of those who remain. We speak of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, who said in an interview with CNBC: “I’m still clinging my BlackBerry ”

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American president fought hard to keep his BlackBerry after his appointment in 2009. Obama has proved to be an enthusiastic e-mail, one of the main functions of these devices.

But the main reason Obama BlackBerry is still true to that can not use the iPhone for “security reasons” . “I’m not allowed to have an iPhone for security reasons,” confessed the President during a meeting to promote his health care reform with youth in the White House. Instead, Obama revealed that his daughters, Sasha and Malia, often use their iPhones.

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that Obama did not elaborate on what those “security reasons” that prevent you from having an iPhone despite being user of iPad, Apple also. Some people theorize that, in addition to BlackBerry ensures that communications remain private President, your personal safety is concerned that an iPhone can easily reveal their physical location in real time.

The issue of privacy leaders has gained momentum in recent months with revelations that the NSA and the CIA monitored mobile communications around government buildings in Germany, including made by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The NSA has the ability to access user data in three of the most popular platforms for smartphones, including Apple’s iOS. And indeed, according to Der Spiegel, the iPhone has been a favorite among NSA agents for scripts that allow them to spy up to 38 different characteristics of Apple’s smartphone operating system.

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