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Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:23 am
by 133743Hokie
The USG used to use Blackberries almost exclusively because of the closed network and the fact they were the most secure phones on the market at the time. I know last year some government entities were going to switch over to windows phone because they are the most secure on the market. But Samsung? Really? Probably the most hacked phones on the market.
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:35 am
by HokieJoe
That's an Android problem. Samsung is just the most popular Android phone. And yes, allowing any Android phone into an enterprise environment with security or confidentiality issues is a stupid idea.
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:43 am
by RiverguyVT
Will this make it more difficult to “lose”/ hide texts?
I wonder what the so called secret society thinks
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:01 am
by 133743Hokie
HokieJoe wrote:That's an Android problem. Samsung is just the most popular Android phone. And yes, allowing any Android phone into an enterprise environment with security or confidentiality issues is a stupid idea.
Correct. Again, surprised USG transitioned to Android given all the potential problems.
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:07 pm
by ElbertoHokie
What other options do they have? I thought Blackberry was exiting the market. I know they got bought and they were going totally to software. Maybe they're still using blackberry software on the android phones?
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:12 pm
by 133743Hokie
ElbertoHokie wrote:What other options do they have? I thought Blackberry was exiting the market. I know they got bought and they were going totally to software. Maybe they're still using blackberry software on the android phones?
Right now a lot of government entities are going to windows phones as they are considered the most secure and from a technology point, they have the most advanced phone (HP Elite X3) geared towards business use.
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:11 pm
by CFB Apologist
Right.. "smart" people "IT" people buy samsung/android BECAUSE you can "hack" it and change the soft keys- you know because they are "smart". "Smart/Techy" people don't buy or use iphones, because they work out of the box and have limited user modification ability. LOLOLOLOL
Re: Interestin that FBI has gone to Samsung 5 cell phones
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:32 pm
by HokieJoe
CFB Apologist wrote:Right.. "smart" people "IT" people buy samsung/android BECAUSE you can "hack" it and change the soft keys- you know because they are "smart". "Smart/Techy" people don't buy or use iphones, because they work out of the box and have limited user modification ability. LOLOLOLOL
Android is popular with some people because it doesn't employ a walled garden like iOS.