News Report #1

“Obama has high hopes for keeping BlackBerry”
Leslie Katz, CNET News
1/17/2009
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10145097-1.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Barack Obama is facing the possibility of having to give up his beloved BlackBerry phone when he is in office of presidency. This seems to be a really big deal in Washington about Obama’s phone and the potential for leaks in security. The phone might be a threat to government security, some believe. There is a great possibility that Obama’s calls may, some how, get tapped into and expose very important information that is top secrete. As an everyday thing, Obama is constantly checking his emails and on web browser which may be unsecured. Obama’s response to this was “Now, my working assumption, and this is not new, is that everything I write on e-mail could end up being on CNN. So I make sure that--to think before I press 'send.’” Everyone realizes he is very dead set on keeping his BlackBerry! By him keeping his phone, he will really have to rethink everything he says and types on his phone. The reason he is so set on keeping his phone is that he believes it is important to keep in touch with the world outside of presidency.

I am really shocked that a phone is causing this much stir in D.C. Phones and technology have come a long way in the past 8 years since our last president was elected. Now, people are constantly on the phone, but they aren’t always just talking! You can now text, check emails, and get on a web browser. This has become a way of life in many people’s cases and are just lost with out there phone. I applaud Obama for his drive to keep his phone; I feel this is a big step in America adjusting to time changes. The technology has come a long way but I feel his phone is not protected like a computer might be for hackers. As long as he keeps everything he does on his BlackBerry to personal conversations and not business matters I think it will be just fine.