Comments on: Obama deserves mobile web access http://djchuang.com/2008/obama-deserves-mobile-web-access/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djchuang http://djchuang.com/2008/obama-deserves-mobile-web-access/#comment-4935 djchuang Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:39:31 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/?p=1812#comment-4935 @arshield, @dave: yes, the issue re the Presidential Records Act is about fully disclosed communications, like email, from the POTUS.. I'm putting out there the idea of inbound-only website info so the President get to stay in the loop on what's happening in the real world, without his people filtering and screening everything. Now, maybe that's not what Obama (and Bush) is asking for...<br><br>@joel: hadn't thought of that, but you may be onto something there.. I've got a GPS in my iPhone 3g, and if I know where I am, there may well be a way to reverse engineer it for others to know where I am @arshield, @dave: yes, the issue re the Presidential Records Act is about fully disclosed communications, like email, from the POTUS.. I'm putting out there the idea of inbound-only website info so the President get to stay in the loop on what's happening in the real world, without his people filtering and screening everything. Now, maybe that's not what Obama (and Bush) is asking for…

@joel: hadn't thought of that, but you may be onto something there.. I've got a GPS in my iPhone 3g, and if I know where I am, there may well be a way to reverse engineer it for others to know where I am

]]> By: Dave Travis http://djchuang.com/2008/obama-deserves-mobile-web-access/#comment-4934 Dave Travis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:31:54 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/?p=1812#comment-4934 Yep, here's the real issue. If a president writes something, or email something, it belongs to the American people and is held in an archive for future study (and scrutiny).<br><br>Presidents hate this (both parties) but it does protect the record.<br><br>What politicians want is that these communications not be archived and recorded. So anything on the blackberry or email would not "go into the archive."<br><br>Bush had same issue with his email account when he became president. He couldnt email his daughters anymore.<br><br>part of the reason Bush has pushed for more Executive privilege on communications. Obama will push for same. Yep, here's the real issue. If a president writes something, or email something, it belongs to the American people and is held in an archive for future study (and scrutiny).

Presidents hate this (both parties) but it does protect the record.

What politicians want is that these communications not be archived and recorded. So anything on the blackberry or email would not “go into the archive.”

Bush had same issue with his email account when he became president. He couldnt email his daughters anymore.

part of the reason Bush has pushed for more Executive privilege on communications. Obama will push for same.

]]> By: joel http://djchuang.com/2008/obama-deserves-mobile-web-access/#comment-4926 joel Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:53:22 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/?p=1812#comment-4926 Actually, DJ, the most significant security concern I've heard from someone who at least claimed to have experience in such things isn't so much that the blackberry could get hacked but rather that it could essentially be used as a homing beacon. I'm much less concerned in this case with informational security (for the reasons Brenner mentions) than I am with physical security. Such possibilities are laughably ludicrous for the average joe, but when the target is the POTUS it becomes a much more realistic possibility. Actually, DJ, the most significant security concern I've heard from someone who at least claimed to have experience in such things isn't so much that the blackberry could get hacked but rather that it could essentially be used as a homing beacon. I'm much less concerned in this case with informational security (for the reasons Brenner mentions) than I am with physical security. Such possibilities are laughably ludicrous for the average joe, but when the target is the POTUS it becomes a much more realistic possibility.

]]> By: arshield http://djchuang.com/2008/obama-deserves-mobile-web-access/#comment-4923 arshield Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:48:14 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/?p=1812#comment-4923 The issue is laws around email retention and freedom of information act. It is not about technology, it is about his own protection from lawsuits. The issue is laws around email retention and freedom of information act. It is not about technology, it is about his own protection from lawsuits.

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