Comments on: Governmental Dinosaur http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/01/22/governmental-dinosaur/ Boomerang Table : 160over90 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Muggs http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/01/22/governmental-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Muggs Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:27:17 +0000 http://72.10.33.187/blog/?p=1743#comment-627 jmiller - Your idea is appealing. But, I think that there are probably rules about a government vendor (e.g. Apple) providing gifts to a government agency. I think this is a huge opportunity for Blackberry. Market a certifiably secure Blackberry. Hardware-embedded encryption and authentication. The average cell phone is the world's best tracker. Any competent cracker could activate the microphone and even capture camera images, without any audible or visible sign. The phone maintains GPS coordinates. jmiller – Your idea is appealing. But, I think that there are probably rules about a government vendor (e.g. Apple) providing gifts to a government agency.

I think this is a huge opportunity for Blackberry. Market a certifiably secure Blackberry. Hardware-embedded encryption and authentication.

The average cell phone is the world’s best tracker. Any competent cracker could activate the microphone and even capture camera images, without any audible or visible sign. The phone maintains GPS coordinates.

]]> By: jmiller http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/01/22/governmental-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-592 jmiller Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:45:12 +0000 http://72.10.33.187/blog/?p=1743#comment-592 I see a huge service opportunity here for Apple — donate computers to the White House. It would be the nice thing to do. Plus, there would be a load of free advertising. I can already see the photos of Obama and Biden carrying their MacBook Pros onto Air Force One. I see a huge service opportunity here for Apple — donate computers to the White House. It would be the nice thing to do. Plus, there would be a load of free advertising. I can already see the photos of Obama and Biden carrying their MacBook Pros onto Air Force One.

]]> By: Adam Flanagan http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/01/22/governmental-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Adam Flanagan Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:09:27 +0000 http://72.10.33.187/blog/?p=1743#comment-590 You and that New York Times. What's next, The Guardian? You and that New York Times. What’s next, The Guardian?

]]> By: gretchenss http://www.160over90.com/blog/2009/01/22/governmental-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-589 gretchenss Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:58:21 +0000 http://72.10.33.187/blog/?p=1743#comment-589 so I just read on the NYT site that the Secret Service, etc has agreed to let Obama keep his Blackberry. Score one for modernization! so I just read on the NYT site that the Secret Service, etc has agreed to let Obama keep his Blackberry. Score one for modernization!

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