Security fears over Trump’s cell phone as devices revealed to go unchecked for months AND have camera and microphones that could be hijacked

Tuesday, May 22, 2018
By Paul Martin

Trump uses two iPhones — one for Twitter and one for phone calls
He claims it’s ‘too inconvenient’ to hand them over for regular security checks
Having the phones checked and swapped out would slow his ability to tweet
One of Trump’s phones has a mic and camera, sparking fears those features could be used by hackers to track his movements
Trump, who doesn’t use email, criticized Hillary Clinton’s private email server during the presidential campaign, claiming it could be hacked
Trump not first president to want a phone, Obama waged a vicious war with aides to keep his blackberry by his side

By EMILY GOODIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
22 May 2018

President Donald Trump’s cell phone could be hacked or used for surveillance because of its lack of security features, it has been revealed, with the devices going unchecked for months.

Trump, like many Americans, is tied to his cell phone.

He uses the mobile devices for his prolific Twitter posts. Also he’s known to call friends — and the occasional reporter — whenever he wants to have a chat.

The ‘executive time’ on his schedule has been reported to be his chance to watch TV, phone a friend, and tweet away.

The president so loves his mobile devices, he has two of them.

Trump uses two iPhones, Politico reported, and has rebuffed his staff’s attempts to strengthen security their security measures, saying it’s ‘too inconvenient’ to hand them over, an aide said.

One of the phones is used for calls and the other only has the Twitter app and a handful of news sites. The devices are issued by White House Information Technology and the White House Communications Agency, an office of military staff that oversees White House telecommunications.

Trump has gone as long as five months without having a security check performed on his phones, it was reported. It is unclear how often the devices, which are essentially used as burner phones, are swapped out.

Changing out the devices would slow down the president’s ability to tweet.

And Trump is not the only president who wanted to stay mobile on his time frame. President Barack Obama waged a vicious war to keep his blackberry at his side.

But it only allowed him to email a limited number of aides. When he sent his first tweet as president, he had to borrow an aide’s phone to do it.

Obama also handed his blackberry over every 30 days to be examined for hacking and other suspicious activity, an Obama administration official told Politico.

A senior West Wing official told Politico of Trump’s phones that the call-capable phones ‘are seamlessly swapped out on a regular basis through routine support operations. Because of the security controls of the Twitter phone and the Twitter account, it does not necessitate regular change-out.’

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