The New President’s Digital Quandary
I was reading this article and I found myself laughing. I have been following the struggle for presidential communication rights since the election and I can’t help but wonder what I would do in that situation. “The leader of the free world wants a laptop so he can surf the web and keep up on his webcomics. make it happen” I refuse to believe that with all the money we spend within the government that we can’t make one man’s mobile device secure; but when you think about the $500 hammers and $200 toilet seats the cost of the $3500 smart phone swings back into perspective.
We have an entire BRANCH of the federal government devoted to securing our communications channels so I am almost positive that they can keep our new president connected. (It is rather scary to think about what they would set the password requirements on your e-mail to be). We should also go wardriving down Pennsylvania avenue to see if there is a new access point called “MrThe Prez” or “1600PA”. I bet there is also a decent chance of spotting the President with a laptop and a homebrew antenna trying to poach wifi from some kindly soul with a “linkysys” AP nearby.
So if he can’t keep connected through conventional means and we have an “all paper oval office” how can we expect our leader to stay in touch? That is a HUGE disconnect, which should not be allowed. If he can order an airstrike anywhere in the world on a moments notice he should be able to look at cnn.com, browse Craigslist for great deals on a new couch for the residence and see un-filtered news feeds from around the globe. Yes we have a huge intelligance apparatus yes he can just all NOAA but does he WANT too? should he HAVE too? Or can our federal government get the man a damn PDA and a laptop?
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